| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Introduction: Water in international relations ; Territory and sovereignty ; Chapters, scope and sources -- 1. The Problem of Territory: Territory in nationalist thought ; Divided lands, divided rivers ; Kashmir -- Conclusion ; 2. Territorial Hydro-Logics: The development imperative ; Towards a water dispute ; India's hydro-logic: absolute sovereignty ; Pakistan's hydro-logic: territorial integrity ; Conclusion -- 3. Sovereignty Entanglements in Kashmir: Legal arguments and sovereign realities ; Sovereignty, water and Kashmir ; The Mangla Dam ; Kashmir and the Indus Waters Treaty ; Conclusion -- 4. Punjab's Riverine Borderlands: Making places national ; Islands and river geography -; 1960 and beyond ; Conclusion -- 5. Spaces of Cooperation: ̀A Punjab powder keg' ; The ̀natural' object of development ; Jumping scales ; The failure of cooperation ; Conclusion -- 6. Negotiating International Politics: Playing politics ; Moments of opportunity ; Paying for geopolitics ; Conclusion -- 7. Phantom of Cooperation: Two river disputes in divided Bengal ; The Indus precedent ; Sovereignty redux ; Conclusion -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
The Indus Waters Treaty is considered a key example of India-Pakistan cooperation, but less has been said about its critical influence on state-making in both countries. This work reveals the importance of the Indus Basin river system, and thus control over it, for Indian and Pakistani claims to sovereignty after South Asia's Partition in 1947 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
International relations
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Water rights
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| SUBJECT |
Indus River -- Water rights
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India -- Relations -- Pakistan
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Pakistan -- Relations -- India
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| Subject |
Asia -- Indus River
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India
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Pakistan
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Indus River -- Water rights.
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India -- Relations -- Pakistan.
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Pakistan -- Relations -- India.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190686529 |
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0190686529 |
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