Water wars, conflict and cooperation - how the virtual water concept helped change the discourse

• Tác giả: Anders Jägerskog
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 172.4 International relations
• Thông tin xuất bản: Taylor & Francis, 2024
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 323957
• Chủ đề: 1. WATER AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE; 2. WATER AND GLOBAL TRADE; 3. WATER RESOURCES; 4. WATER USAGE

Tóm tắt

Professor Tony Allan used to remind his students that for new ideas or scientific concepts to take hold - no matter how right they are - usually takes decades and, sometimes, longer (Allan 2001, 2011). Building on the work of Kuhn (1962) showing how slowly scientific paradigms change, and inspired by French philosophers such as Foucalt and Bourdieu, he highlighted how prevailing discourses are entrenched and, therefore, sanctioned through a process in which power - in all its forms - underpins the basic tenets of the discourse.