In an anarchical global environment, the conflict potential of shared water resources has made rivers subject to high politics (i.e. security). While researchers and diplomats consider regional treaties as cooperation indicators (Wold 1995), unequal treaties can also be sources of conflict (Warner and Zeitoun 2008). International regimes may institutionalize asymmetric power relations (Kistin 2011), and consequently constitute enmity instead of equity.
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Meissner, R. 2017. Hydro-hegemony or water security community? Collective action, cooperation and conflict in the SADC transboundary security complex. In: Suhardiman, D., Nicol, A. and Mapedza, E. (eds). Water governance and collective action: Multi-scale Challenges, pp. 80-100
Meissner, R. (2017). Hydro-Hegemony or water security community? Collective action, cooperation and conflict in the SADC transboundary security complex., Worklist;19727 Routledge, Taylor & Francis. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9782
Meissner, Richard. "Hydro-hegemony or water security community? Collective action, cooperation and conflict in the SADC transboundary security complex" In WORKLIST;19727, n.p.: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9782.
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