Justice in development? An analysis of water interventions in the rural South
Justice in development? An analysis of water interventions in the rural South
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发展中的正义？
DOI：
10.1111/1477-8947.12002
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
F. Clement
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作者：
J. Venot;F. Clement
本文探讨了环境正义理论的分配和程序维度与当前发展研究领域关于资本和能力、制度和话语形成的辩论之间卓有成效的融合，从而为发展中国家的自然资源管理项目提供新的视角。具体来说，我们记录了两个不同地区两种类型的水干预措施的规划和实施：印度东北部的流域发展计划和撒哈拉以南西非的小型水库。我们发现，水干预的内在政治性质与这些项目仍然以非政治、技术和管理叙述为基础的事实之间存在矛盾。与发展的新语义相反，这种非政治化导致几乎不注意程序（参与和授权）和分配（公平）正义问题，地方行动者不得不恢复隐蔽的方式来实现其目的。发展研究和环境正义学者之间的建设性对话可以为发展中国家的社会与环境关系提供一个新的视角。
This paper explores a fruitful convergence between the distributive and procedural dimensions of environmental justice theory and current debates in the field of development studies over capitals and capabilities, institutions, and discourse formation to shed new light on natural resource management projects in the developing world. Specifically, we document the planning and implementation of two types of water interventions in two contrasting regions: watershed development programmes in northeast India and small reservoirs in sub‐Saharan West Africa. We find that there is a contradiction between the inherently political nature of water interventions and the fact that such projects remain grounded in apolitical, technical and managerial narratives. In contrast to the new semantic of development, this depoliticization results in the near absence of attention paid to procedural (participation and empowerment) and distributive (equity) justice concerns and in local actors having to revert to covert ways to achieve their ends. A constructive dialogue between development studies and environmental justice scholars can offer a fresh look on the society‐environment nexus in the developing world.