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Portions of chapter 3 were previously published in Leela Fernandes, “Inter-state Water Disputes in South India,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia in Asian History, April 26, 2018, https://
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Names: Fernandes, Leela, author.
Title: Governing water in India : inequality, reform, and the state / Leela Fernandes, University of Washington Press.
Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021050716 (print) | LCCN 2021050717 (ebook) | ISBN 9780295750422 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295750439 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295750446 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Water-supply—Government policy—India. | Economics—India. | Equality—India.
Classification: LCC HD1698.I4 F46 2022 (print) | LCC HD1698.I4 (ebook) | DDC 333.9100954—dc23/eng/20211227
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