Neoliberalism and water reforms in western India: Commercialization, self-sufficiency, and regulatory bodies

Sangameswaran, Priya

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.10.001

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“…Given that policy changes are the result of a complex inter-play of factors, it would be simplistic to claim that either the introduction of sector reforms and the concept of water entitlements or limitations in their conceptualization are only the result of one particular discourse. But even when other factors are involved, their effect is often mediated through the neo-liberal discourse (Sangameswaran, 2008). Similar arguments have been made in other contexts.…”

Section: Changing Development Discourses: Alternative Development Andsupporting

confidence: 57%

Water Rights for the Landless in Western India: From Pani Panchayat to Water Entitlements

Sangameswaran

2009

Eur J Dev Res

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Cet article compare deux tentatives de séparer les droits des eaux du droit à la terre qui ont été entreprises dans l’Etat de Maharashtra en Inde occidentale lors des 25 dernières années : le Pani Panchayat qui a commencé pendant les années 1980 d’une part, et la mise en œuvre actuelle de réformes concernant la gestion de l’eau promouvant explicitement le droit à l’eau, de l’autre. La mesure dans laquelle ces initiatives ont facilité le droit à l’eau des pauvres sans terre est liée au différents discours sur le développement sous-jacents associés avec ces deux processus. Ceux-ci expliquent aussi les différences quant au rôle de l’Etat ainsi que la législation promulguée dans les deux cas de figure. L’article se conclut par un appel pour une action politique immédiate prenant avantage de l’espace offert par les processus de formalisation du droit à l’eau afin d’intervenir activement en faveur des pauvres sans terre.European Journal of Development Research (2009) 21, 195–212. doi:10.1057/ejdr.2008.19

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Section: Changing Development Discourses: Alternative Development Andsupporting

confidence: 57%

Water Rights for the Landless in Western India: From Pani Panchayat to Water Entitlements

Sangameswaran

2009

Eur J Dev Res

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“…In India, first‐ and second‐wave water reform approaches have proceeded simultaneously. However, by far the most common approach in the last decade has been to institute cost recovery and a host of institutional and regulatory reforms without necessarily privatizing the water sector (Coelho, ; Gandy, ; Sangameswaran, ).…”

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“…reforms without necessarily privatizing the water sector (Coelho, 2005;Gandy, 2008;Sangameswaran, 2009). Although privatization was pursued initially in Bangalore, it was strongly opposed by the water board and activist groups, and ultimately the capital contribution policy went ahead without privatization.…”

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confidence: 99%

Paying for Pipes, Claiming Citizenship: Political Agency and Water Reforms at the Urban Periphery

Ranganathan

2013

Int J Urban Regional Res

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This article interrogates the nature of political agency deployed at sites of market‐oriented water reforms. It presents a case study from Bangalore, India of a water project mandating significant ‘beneficiary’ cash contributions from lower‐middle‐class dwellers for the capital cost of extending piped water to the city's peripheries. Drawing on quantitative and ethnographic data, it illustrates why property owners who lack formal water access and land tenure — groups referred to in this article as the ‘peripheralized middle class’ — consent to paying for pipes rather than resist all together despite the high cost involved. It argues that far from reflecting an internalization of a ‘willingness to pay’ or ‘stakeholder’ ethos celebrated by development practitioners today, payment for water provides an insurgent means to bargain for greater symbolic recognition, respectability and material benefits from the state. In particular, payment for pipes enables peripheral dwellers to strengthen their claims to secure land tenure in an era of exclusionary and punitive spatial policies. Payment thus comprises a terrain of contested meaning making and political struggle, at the heart of which lie the stakes of urban citizenship. In documenting the process by which property related interests and tenure claims are advanced under a scenario of reforms, this article contributes to Gramscian political‐ecological conversations on subaltern political agency and the lived character of hegemony in urban environments.

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“…Roll-back neoliberalism involved deregulation at higher scales of government and a reduction of service delivery at the local scale (Furlong, 2012). Largely in response to the failures and crises resulting from the policies of deregulation and marketisation of roll-back neoliberalism (Peck & Tickell, 2002, p. 390), roll-out neoliberalism focused on the purposeful construction and consolidation of neoliberalised modes of governance and regulatory relations (re-regulation) to consolidate state power and establish the rules for market-led management (Furlong, 2012;Peck & Tickell, 2002;Sangameswaran, 2009).…”

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“…Notes 1. Although the distinction between these phases and forms of neoliberalism is made in the context of the north Atlantic zone, they are evident in other parts of the world as neoliberal global capitalist governance gained hegemony over the third world (Sangameswaran, 2009;Sheppard & Leitner, 2010). 2.…”

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Compliance with the building byelaws and earthquake safety in urban areas of Bihar: progress, constraints and challenges

Jones

Vasvani

2017

Environmental Hazards

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Citation: Jones, Samantha and Vasvani, Vishal (2017) Compliance with the building byelaws and earthquake safety in urban areas of Bihar: progress, constraints and challenges. Environmental Hazards, 16 (4 Northumbria University has developed Northumbria Research Link (NRL) to enable users to access the University's research output. Copyright © and moral rights for items on NRL are retained by the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. Single copies of full items can be reproduced, displayed or performed, and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided the authors, title and full bibliographic details are given, as well as a hyperlink and/or URL to the original metadata page. The content must not be changed in any way. Full items must not be sold commercially in any format or medium without formal permission of the copyright holder. The full policy is available online: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/policies.html This document may differ from the final, published version of the research and has been made available online in accordance with publisher policies. To read and/or cite from the published version of the research, please visit the publisher's website (a subscription may be required.)Compliance with the building byelaws and earthquake safety in urban areas of Bihar: progress, constraints and challenges The adoption and enforcement of building codes is considered the most effective tool in safeguarding lives and property against earthquakes. There would appear to be a vital regulatory role for government in the enforcement of building codes, but this is somewhat at odds with the neoliberal agenda of 'rolling back the state'. This paper explores constraints to the implementation of building codes in the context of changing roles and responsibilities of local authorities in Bihar in India. In-depth interviews were conducted with key stakeholders across major urban centres in north Bihar. Some factors, such as: code complexity; competition between the public and private sectors for qualified personnel; and low public risk perception were found to be less significant in Bihar than has been noted elsewhere, while other factors such as: the cost of earthquake-resistant measures; political interests; corrupt practices; and lack of government capacity were important. Additional factors were also revealed by the research, some of which are exacerbated by the neoliberal climate of urban governance. While the recent 2014 byelaws represent an improvement in the system and a degree of re-regulation, ambiguities create opportunities for failures arising from 'normalised irresponsibility'.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Neoliberalism and water reforms in western India: Commercialization, self-sufficiency, and regulatory bodies

Cited by 21 publications

References 12 publications

Water Rights for the Landless in Western India: From Pani Panchayat to Water Entitlements

Water Rights for the Landless in Western India: From Pani Panchayat to Water Entitlements

Paying for Pipes, Claiming Citizenship: Political Agency and Water Reforms at the Urban Periphery

Compliance with the building byelaws and earthquake safety in urban areas of Bihar: progress, constraints and challenges

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