Dams as Aid

A political anatomy of Nordic development thinking

Ann Danaiya Usher

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English

Routledge
21 August 1997

Development studies; Aid & relief programmes; Development economics; Dams & reservoirs

Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

Brings together key issues in the aid/environment/development debate. Through the examination of dams, this text aims to shed light on wider issues of the political economy of aid. Detailed analysis of dams and aid case studies are included, particularly on Nordic dams, and these case studies are located within a broad comparative and theoretical perspective.

Edited by: Ann Danaiya Usher
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 385g
ISBN: 9780415154642
ISBN 10: 0415154642
Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 21 August 1997
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I Introduction 1 ABOUT THE BOOK, THE CONTRIBUTORS AND WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT 2 REFLECTIONS ON POWER: THREE SCENES FROM THE END OF AN ERA Part II Nordic dams 3 MORATORIUM IN SWEDEN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE DAMS DEBATE 4 THE DAMS INSIDE 5 THE LAST BIG DAM IN NORWAY: WHOSE VICTORY? Part III Nordic dam builders in the south 6 THE MECHANISM OF ‘PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM' Laos 7 VATTENFALL ABROAD: DAMMING THE THEUN RIVER Tanzania 8 PANGANI DAM VERSUS THE PEOPLE 9 PANGANI POWER STRUGGLE: NORDIC DAM BUILDERS ON A TANZANIAN RIVER Chile 10 KVAERNER’S GAME 11 IN DEFENCE OF THE BIOBÍO RIVER

Ann Danaiya Usher

Reviews for Dams as Aid: A political anatomy of Nordic development thinking

B'Ann Danaiya Usher has carried out something that, in many different ways, is a pioneering work. - Forests, Trees and People 'It is extremely valuable to find all this published in hard covers' - W. M. Adams, Department of Geography, Cambridge University, Development and Change