Water and Power
The Politics of a Scarce Resource in the Jordan River Basin

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? Miriam Lowi explores the answers to these critical questions.

Miriam R. Lowi (Author)

9780521558365, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 26 October 1995

328 pages, 1 b/w illus. 16 maps 24 tables
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.468 kg

'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

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.

l. Introduction: conflict and cooperation in international river basins
Part I. RIPARIAN DILEMMAS: 2. The environment of conflict in the Jordan basin
3. Riparian disputes compared
Part II. THE JORDAN WATERS CONFLICT: 4. The Johnston mission to the Middle East (l953–l956)
5. Perception and misperception: the Jordan waters crisis (l964) and the onset of war
Part III. THE JORDAN BASIN SINCE l967: 6. Water and development in Israel and Jordan
7. Riparian relations and the perception of conflict
8. Riparian disputes since l967
9. Conclusion: the conduct of riparian disputes and the potential for cooperation in international river basins.

Subject Areas: International relations [JPS]