Watershed Politics and Climate Change in Peru

Astrid B. Stensrud is Associate Professor at the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder. She is the co-editor of Climate, Capitalism and Communities (Pluto, 2019) and a contributor to Waterworlds (Berghahn, 2016) and Identity Destabilised (Pluto, 2016).

• Maps and Figures List of Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Words in Quechua and Spanish Series Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Water and Watershed Politics 1. Engineering Water Flows2. Colonising the Desert 3. Water Payments 4. Water Uncertainties and Disasters 5. Water Efficiency 6. Legible and Illegible Water 7. Owning Water Conclusion: Water Multiplicity Notes Bibliography Index

'This superb ethnography invites us to 'slow down' the assumption that water is either a resource or a vital force and attend to how its multiplicity implies a politics of entangled worldings. This book will change how you think about the politics of water!'