BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The South Asia Center at Syracuse University presents Leela Fer nandez. The impact of climate change weaves together structures of inequal ity\, developmental pressures and stresses on water resources. The increas ing intensity of cycles of droughts and floods exacerbates the strains on the governance of water.  \;Water is a resource that involves governme ntal action across all levels of India’s federal structure and consequentl y illuminates every facet of the Indian state. \; This multifarious na ture of water provides the analytical and empirical terrain through which we can disentangle the various facets of the Indian state and its democrat ic institutions. Governing Water in India illustrates that processes of re gulatory reform designed to strengthen democratic institutions through dec entralization have in fact intensified state centralization.  \;These patterns of  \;centralization are shaped by and in turn reproduce inte rsecting forms of socio-economic inequality based on divisions of caste\, class\, gender and rural/urban locality. This book focuses on how such ins titutional practices structure access to water resources in inequitable wa ys. An understanding of such institutional practices is a precondition to developing effective solutions to global problems of inequality\, developm ent and the environment. Governing Water in India illustrates the gritty\, granular and prosaic practices of the state that shape\, cripple and enab le such solutions.Leela Fernandes is a political scientist who has written widely about inequality and change. She has published numerous books and articles on inequality and democratic politics in contemporary India and o n contemporary feminism in the U.S and internationally. Her latest book is Governing Water in India: \; Inequality\, Reform and the State (Unive rsity of Washington Press\, 2022 and available as an open access book). Sh e previously taught at the University of Michigan as the Glenda Dickerson Collegiate Professor of Women’s Studies\, Rutgers University\, The Univers ity of Washington and Oberlin College. At Michigan she served as the Direc tor of the Center for South Asian Studies and was a senior fellow at the M ichigan Society of Fellows and at the University of Washington she served as the Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. DTEND:20221115T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T131636Z DTSTART:20221115T203000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Governing Water in India: Inequality\, Reform\, and the State UID:RFCALITEM639141741964851297 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The South Asia Center at Syracuse Universit y presents Leela Fernandez. The impact of climate change weaves together s tructures of inequality\, developmental pressures and stresses on water re sources. The increasing intensity of cycles of droughts and floods exacerb ates the strains on the governance of water.  \;Water is a resource th at involves governmental action across all levels of India’s federal struc ture and consequently illuminates every facet of the Indian state. \; This multifarious nature of water provides the analytical and empirical te rrain through which we can disentangle the various facets of the Indian st ate and its democratic institutions. Governing Water in India ill ustrates that processes of regulatory reform designed to strengthen democr atic institutions through decentralization have in fact intensified state centralization.  \;These patterns of  \;centralization are shaped by and in turn reproduce intersecting forms of socio-economic inequality b ased on divisions of caste\, class\, gender and rural/urban locality. This book focuses on how such institutional practices structure acces s to water resources in inequitable ways. An understanding of such institu tional practices is a precondition to developing effective solutions to gl obal problems of inequality\, development and the environment. Governi ng Water in India illustrates the gritty\, granular and prosaic pract ices of the state that shape\, cripple and enable such solutions.

Le ela Fernandes is a political scientist who has written widely about inequa lity and change. She has published numerous books and articles on inequali ty and democratic politics in contemporary India and on contemporary femin ism in the U.S and internationally. Her latest book is Governing Water in India: \; Inequality\, Reform and the State (University of Washington Press\, 2022 and available as an open access book). She previously taught at the University of Michigan as the Glenda Dickerson Collegiate Professor of Women’s Studies\, Rutgers University\, The University of Washington an d Oberlin College. At Michigan she served as the Director of the Center fo r South Asian Studies and was a senior fellow at the Michigan Society of F ellows and at the University of Washington she served as the Director of t he Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

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