Thesis
The politics of dam resurgence: high modernist statebuilding and the emerging powers in Africa
- Abstract:
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Following a decade from the mid-1990s that saw a near cessation in dam building, the infrastructure has returned. This phenomenon is controversial because dams’ social and environmental impacts, economic costs and development ineffectiveness have been well evidenced. This timely analysis of the dam resurgence asks why and how this trend is happening. It studies three individual dams in Rwanda and Tanzania with Indian, Brazilian and World Bank involvement respectively. Primarily qualitative...
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Funding
+ Department of Politics and International RelationsWriting-Up Grant
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Funding agency for:
Dye, B
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-07-30
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- Copyright holder:
- Dye, B
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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