Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Seeing like a project: Three cases in the Ferghana Valley; 3 Sources of thought: The ideational background; 4 The way of the water: Irrigation and conflict; 5 White beards and active citizens: Institutions for conflict transformation; 6 The crucible of harmony: Violence and politics; 7 Trouble on the margins: States, borders and people; 8 Conclusion; Appendix: Overview of aid agencies and projects; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book deals with irrigation disputes and conflict transformation in Central Asia. It analyzes aid projects which seek to transform inter-community conflicts between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the Ferghana Valley, addressing both the practicalities of aid and the discourses within which notions of these practicalities are formed
