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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2009
Print publication year:
1993
Online ISBN:
9780511598708
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511598708
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, International Relations and International Organisations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
Series:
Cambridge Middle East Library (31)
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Book description

Why do states in arid regions fail to co-operate in sharing water resources when co-operation would appear to be in their mutual interest? Through in-depth analysis of the history and current status of the dispute over the Jordan River basin, Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questions.

Reviews

‘This excellent, readable and timely study will be of great value to a wide audience: international relations scholars, Middle East specialists, hydrologists, environmental scholars and those concerned generally with resource conflicts.’

Source: International Affairs

‘[The] work offers insight not only on a regional matter of complexity and importance, but also on the problems faced in many parts of the world where political issues transcend lines drawn on maps.’

Boutros Boutros-Ghali - Secretary General of the United Nations

‘Using the dispute between Israel and its Arab neighbours over the waters of the Jordan River as a case study, Miriam R. Lowi has given us an excellent analysis of this intractable problem …’

Robert G. Gilpin - Princeton University

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