{"product_id":"the-struggle-for-water-politics-rationality-and-identity-in-the-american-southwest-paperback","title":"The Struggle for Water: Politics, Rationality, and Identity in the American Southwest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWendy Nelson Espeland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly fifty years ago, the Bureau of Reclamation proposed building a dam at the confluence of two rivers in Central Arizona. While the dam would bring valuable water to this arid plain, it would also destroy a wildlife habitat, flood archaeological sites, and force the Yavapai Indians off their ancestral home. \u003ci\u003eThe Struggle for Water\u003c\/i\u003e is not only the fascinating story of this controversial and ultimately thwarted public works project but also a study of rationality as a cultural, organizational, and political construct. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the 1970s, the three groups most intimately involved in the Orme Dam-younger Bureau of Reclamation employees committed to \"rational choice\" decision making, older Bureau engineers committed to the dam, and the Yavapai community-all found themselves and their values transformed by their struggles. Wendy Nelson Espeland lays bare the relations between interests and identities that emerged during the conflict, creating a contemporary tale of power and colonization, bureaucracies and democratic practice, that asks the crucial question of what it means to be \"rational.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 298\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 x 9.01 x 6.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45862713327813,"sku":"9780226217949","price":66.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/x1Ioxqa8I29780226217949.webp?v=1771571777","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/the-struggle-for-water-politics-rationality-and-identity-in-the-american-southwest-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}