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, 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]