Heterogeneity of Water Justice and the Question of Nile Solidarity

Abeer Abazeed

Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 187-205

Abstract: This article analyses the recent contestation over the Nile River due to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and its implications for the agrarian question and water justice. The article focuses on the commodification of the Nile by national governments, whereby technology, rationality, and regulations have become the driving force of the river’s development. The engagement of civil society actors in the GERD dispute reveals several perceptions of “riverhood†of the Nile. As a result, water justice is heterogeneous and challenges building a wide-basin movement.

Keywords: Civil society; GERD; the Nile; water justice; agrarian question (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/22779760231170530

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