POWER AND WATER IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Power and Water in the Middle East.
Rhodes, Fred
184 words
1 July 2008
The Middle East
64
ISSN: 0305-0734; Issue 391
English
Copyright 2008 Gale Group Inc. All rights reserved.

POWER AND WATER IN

THE MIDDLE EAST

by Mark Zeitoun,

published by IB Taurus

ISBN 978-1845114640

price: 47.50 [pounds sterling] hardback

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Power and Water in the Middle East provides a perspective on the PalestinianIsraeli water conflict.

Adopting a new approach to understanding water conflict 'hydro-hegemony' the author reveals how existing tactics to control water are leading away from peace and towards continued squandering of this vital resource.

Existing approaches tend to play down the negative effects of non-violent water conflict, and what is often presented as cooperation between countries hides a deep imbalance and underlying state of conflict between them.

Mark Zeitoun shows how the new framework of hydro-hegemony may be used to expose the hidden dynamics of water conflict around the world and how, in particular, it yields critical insights into the Middle East water problem.

Power and Water in the Middle East offers new findings that will also help to stimulate the debate on the water conflict in more general terms.