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1 online resource (xxvi, 352 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
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New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-330) and index. |
Contents |
Intro; Contents; Foreword: Dams and Dreams in Laos PDR / Yos Santasombat; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Stepping into the Current / William Robichaud and Bruce Shoemaker; Part One: The World Bank Promotes a New Model of Hydropower; 1. Nam Theun 2's Winding History: Studies, Setbacks, and Rebrandings / Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaud; 2. Independent Guidance and International Credibility: The Panel of Experts / Dave Hubbel and Bruce Shoemaker. |
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3. The Promises and Pitfalls of Nongovernmental Organization Consultation and Engagement / Bruce Shoemaker and Dave HubbelPart Two: Social and Environmental Context and Outcomes; 4. Ethnicity in the Nam Theun 2 Theater: A Sense of History / James R. Chamberlain; 5. Broken Pillars: The Failure of the Nakai Plateau Livelihood Resettlement Program / Glenn Hunt, Marika Samuelsson, and Satomi Higashi; 6. Social Change in the Nam Theun 2 Catchment: The Kri Experience / N.J. Enfield; 7. Elusive Conservation in the Nam Theun 2 Catchment / William Robichaurd. |
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8. Troubles Downstream: Changes in the Xe Bang Fai River Basin / Ian G. Baird, Bruce Shoemaker, and Kanokwan Manorom9. Revenues without Accountability: Natioanl Poverty Alleviation and Nam Theun 2 / Bruce Shoemaker; Part Three: Nam Theun 2's Wider Legacy; 10. Nam Theun 2 and the Transformation of Institutions and Public Debate in Laos / Sarinda Singh; 11. Nam Theun 2, the Xe Bang Fai, and Thailand's Electricity Network / Ian G. Baird and Noah Quastel; 12. Overpowered: Limiting Liability within Thailand's Nam Theun 2 Electricity Deal / Grainne Ryder and Witoon Permpongsacharoen. |
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13. Branding Dams: Nam Theun 2 and Its Role in Producing the Discourse of ""Sustainable Hydropower"" / Carl MiddletonConclusion: Transforming Loss / Bruce Shoemaker and William Robichaurd; Afterword: Bookending Nam Theun 2 / Philip Hirsch; Bibliography; Contributors; Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project.
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Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project. |
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Economic development projects -- Laos.
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Economic development projects. |
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Laos. |
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Dams -- Laos -- Nam Theun River.
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Dams. |
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Laos -- Nam Theun River. |
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Laos -- Nam Theun River.
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects. |
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Hydroelectric power plants. |
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Social aspects -- Laos -- Nam Theun River.
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Social aspects. |
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Economic aspects -- Laos -- Nam Theun River.
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Hydroelectric power plants -- Economic aspects. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Shoemaker, Bruce, editor.
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Robichaud, William, editor.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hirsch, Philip. Dead in the Water : Global Lessons from the World Bank's Model Hydropower Project in Laos. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2018 9780299317904 |
ISBN |
9780299317935 (electronic book) |
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0299317935 (electronic book) |
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9780299317904 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0299317900 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |