Water, civilisation and power in Sudan : the political economy of military-Islamist state building
by
Verhoeven, Harry, author.
Title
:
Water, civilisation and power in Sudan : the political economy of military-Islamist state building
Author
:
Verhoeven, Harry, author.
ISBN
:
9781107061149
Publication Information
:
New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical Description
:
xvi, 314 pages : illustrations, map, charts ; 24 cm.
Series
:
The African studies series ; 131
Contents
:
Prologue: the inauguration of the Merowe Dam -- State-building, the environment and the civilisation mission -- Hydraulic civilisation and land of famine: the crafting of the Sudanese state and its sources of power -- Mashru al-Hadhari: the rise of Sudan's Al-Ingaz regime and its civilisation project -- The hydro-political economy of Al-Ingaz: economic salvation through "dams as development" -- The geopolitics of the Nile: Khartoum's dam programme and agricultural revival in the global political economy -- Military-Islamist state-building and its contradictions: mirages in the desert, South Sudan's secession and the new hydropolitics of the Nile -- Conclusion: water, civilisation and power -- Appendix: elite interviews and in-depth testimonies.
Subject Term
:
Water resources development -- Government policy -- Sudan.
Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Sudan.
Water-supply -- Political aspects -- Nile River.
Barrages -- Political aspects -- Nile River.
Dams -- Political aspects -- Sudan.
Economic development -- Political aspects -- Sudan.
Islam and politics -- Sudan.
Geographic Term
:
Sudan -- Politics and government -- 1985-
Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Beytepe Library | Book | 7.2/15/39997 | HD1699.S8 V47 2015 | | Beytepe Genel Koleksiyon |