On the Tragedy of Public Domain : Corruption, Victimisation and the new Policy Regime

Arora, Dolly

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“…Ramesh Arora and Rajni Goyal characterized the Collector as the 'kingpin of the district administration in India', endowed with extraordinary powers crucial for British colonial rule over the vast subcontinent. 65 The Bengal Embankment Act and Irrigation Acts further consolidated the Collector's role in embankment construction, dispute resolution, and collection of water charges. 66 This historical legacy persists today, with the Collector, although now sharing power with elected officials and various technical departments, remaining a key figure in managing government affairs at the district level.…”

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Law, Colonial-Capitalist Floods, and the Production of Injustices in Eastern India: Insights for Climate Adaptation

Ohdedar

2024

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Floods are not merely ‘natural’ disasters; rather, they emerge as socio-natural phenomena shaped by political, social, and economic processes. Law plays a pivotal role in producing and sustaining these processes and contributes to the creation of unjust environments. Drawing on political ecology and environmental history, this article analyzes the role of law and its interactions with colonialism and capitalism in the Damodar river valley in Eastern India. The Damodar river valley is an intensely engineered and hazardous region, a site of multiple interventions and developmental and ecological experiments for over a century. Colonial and post-colonial legacies have left a lasting imprint on legal, policy, and institutional frameworks, establishing a path-dependent trajectory for addressing future climate change adaptation challenges. While focusing on a specific case study, the article's approach and findings have broader significance, especially in the context of climate adaptation. The central argument underscores the need to understand the political and legal dimensions of flooding, and reinforces the need for a shift beyond incremental adjustments that do not tackle the underlying structures that produce the injustices associated with floods. It highlights the importance of ‘transformative adaptation’ approaches that address the root causes of climate-related disasters, such as restructuring power relations between actors, reconfiguring governance structures, and scrutinizing ideologies that mediate how water is used and distributed.

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Section: Damodar's Hydro-social Dynamics: Colonial Legacies Legislati...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Law, Colonial-Capitalist Floods, and the Production of Injustices in Eastern India: Insights for Climate Adaptation

Ohdedar

2024

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On the Tragedy of Public Domain : Corruption, Victimisation and the new Policy Regime

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Law, Colonial-Capitalist Floods, and the Production of Injustices in Eastern India: Insights for Climate Adaptation

Law, Colonial-Capitalist Floods, and the Production of Injustices in Eastern India: Insights for Climate Adaptation

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