THE POWER STRUGGLE IN THE LAYER OF TRANSNATIONAL HYDROPOLITICS: THE CASE OF THE ILISU DAM PROJECT
THE POWER STRUGGLE IN THE LAYER OF TRANSNATIONAL HYDROPOLITICS: THE CASE OF THE ILISU DAM PROJECT
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DOI：
10.15604/ejss.2016.04.04.002
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2016
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Ahmet Conker
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Ahmet Conker
本研究分析了国家和非国家行为者之间的水政治关系的跨国水政治层的背景下，通过在伊利苏大坝项目建设的争议。土耳其全力执行其“水力使命”，非常广泛和迅速的“发展？”水资源遍布全国。其中一些流量跨越国际边界，特别是争夺非常激烈的幼发拉底河和底格里斯河流域。这个大盆地吸引了相当多的学术关注，特别是关于土耳其？中国与下游邻国叙利亚和伊拉克的关系。然而，大部分现有的分析福尔斯的猎物两个更广泛的弱点：a）它狭隘地适用于最近开发的文献中的权力在跨界水政治的作用，和B）它忽视或强调不足，如何在水政治进程中的非国家行为者报名。根据对最近关于在底格里斯河上建造伊利苏大坝的争议的案例研究的深入调查，该研究提出了一个概念框架，旨在分析权力动态如何在不同规模的水政治中发挥作用，河岸国家之间的国家关系，以及话语和物质权力能力如何影响相互作用的结果，以及冲突和国家与非国家行为者之间的合作关系。概念框架的应用程序的反对者和支持者之间的关系建设的伊利苏大坝项目显示权力动态如何随着时间的推移而变化，他们强烈塑造的行为者之间的冲突关系。通过强调跨国反大坝活动家网络的影响，研究表明，将非国家行为者纳入分析的相关性。研究表明，这些行动者缺乏物质力量，但能够非常有效地使用话语（概念和讨价还价）力量来满足他们的利益。
The study analyses hydropolitical relations among state and non-state actors in the context of the layer of transnational hydropolitics by looking at the controversy over the construction of the Ilisu dam project. Turkey is fully engaged in its „hydraulic mission?, very extensively and rapidly „developing? water resources throughout its territory. Some of these flows cross international borders, specifically very heavily contested Euphrates and Tigris basin. This large basin has attracted considerable academic attention, notably in regards to Turkey?s relations with downstream neighbours, Syria and Iraq. Yet, the great bulk of the existing analysis falls prey to two broader weaknesses; a) it has narrowly applied the recently developed literature regarding the role of power in transboundary water politics, and b) it has neglected or under-emphasized how non-state actors enrol in hydropolitical processes. Informed by deep investigation of the case study regarding the recent controversy over the construction of the Ilisu dam on the Tigris River, the study proposes a conceptual framework that seeks to analyse how power dynamics are at work at different scales of hydropolitics other than inter-state relations between the riparian states and how both discursive and material power capabilities influence the outcome of interactions as well as conflictual and cooperative relations between the state and non-state actors. The application of the conceptual framework to the relations between opponents and proponents of the construction of the Ilisu dam project shows how power dynamics change over time and they strongly shape conflictual relations between the actors. By highlighting the influence of the transnational anti-dam activist networks, the study shows the relevance of including non-state actors into analysis. The study shows that such actors lack material power but are able to use discursive (ideational and bargaining) power very effectively to meet their interests.