Water Security, Justice and the Politics of Water Rights in Peru and Bolivia

Miriam Seemann is an associate researcher at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany. She received her PhD from the University of Hamburg and holds an MA in Intercultural Conflict Management from the Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin. Her current research focuses on natural resource management, social struggles and peace and conflict studies. She is a member of the Justicia Hídrica / Water Justice Alliance.

• Foreword: Divergent Water Securities and the Politics of Formalization; Rutgerd Boelens1. Water Security, Formalization and Water Justice2. Property Rights in Water Resources Management 3. Legal Pluralism and the Political Ecology of Water4. Water Security and Equity for Peasant and Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Highlands 5. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Peru 6. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Yanque, Colca Valley, Peru7. Water Security and Equity for Peasant and Indigenous Communities in the Bolivian Highlands 8. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Bolivia 9. The Formal Recognition of Local Water Rights in Cochimita, Tiraque Valley, Bolivia 10. Conclusion – the Politics of Water Rights Formalization and the Missing Ingredient of Water Security

"This book, without exaggeration, importantly contributes to understanding the formulation and workings of policies in a key field of development intervention in the Andean Region, and thereby makes a strong contribution to the field of 'the politics of policy' in natural resource management studies. Miriam Seemann gives a profound, refreshing and very creative response to the currently widespread 'rights formalization policies' that, despite their intentions of helping the poor, often have a dramatic impact on the lives and livelihoods of precisely these groups." - Rutgerd Boelens, Professor of the Political Ecology of Water in Latin America, CEDLA, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands