Institutions of Water Management and Conflict Resolution in Lesotho on a Local Level: An Empirical Study of Displacement Areas of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophia Bildhaeuser (née Schmidl)
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Water Project ◽  
Lesotho Highlands Water Project

scholarly journals Optimal water management and conflict resolution: The Middle East Water Project

2002 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 25-1-25-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franklin M. Fisher ◽  
Shaul Arlosoroff ◽  
Zvi Eckstein ◽  
Munther Haddadin ◽  
Salem G. Hamati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Water Project

scholarly journals Cases, Conflict, and Accommodation: Patterns of Legal Interaction in an American Community

1983 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 803-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Engel
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Trial Court ◽  
Trial Courts ◽  
Indigenous Law ◽  
Civil Cases ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Civil Trial

This article provides an overview of an empirical study of a civil trial court and the environment of indigenous law and conflict resolution in which the court operates. The article combines an analysis of civil cases and litigants with an investigation of alternative nonjudicial approaches used by residents of the community. The first section of the article examines the emergence of legal conflicts from the fabric of social relationships in the community and compares cases and parties in the court with those that gravitate toward nonjudicial settings. The second section compares processes and outcomes available in the court with those that may be obtained nonjudicially. The article concludes that different categories of cases emerge from different kinds of social relationships and for this reason are associated with fundamentally dissimilar patterns of values, norms, procedures, and outcomes. It also emphasizes the benefits to be obtained from investigating the complex relationships and interchanges that link local level trial courts to their communities.

Stakeholder Engagement in Water Management: Lessons from five Cases in Central Europe

MedienJournal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-91
Author(s):  
Daniel Polzer ◽  
Angelika Maier
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Stakeholder Engagement ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Communication Strategies ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Corporate Communication ◽  
High Degree

This paper deals with a stakeholder-focused perception of stakeholder engagement and the question of how much media and corporate communication influence people to get engaged with environmental issues and resources and the water issue in particular. With five case studies at a European, national, regional and local level it is shown that only a high degree of problematization of an issue (here: flooding or water scarcity and droughts) leads to participation as well as engagement which – much more than participation or activism – depends on the existence of organizational structures. Study findings conclude that stakeholder engagement equals a highly complex, autonomous and individual process that requires qualitative research methods. Organizations, political institutions as well as corporations have to acknowledge that stake - holders get engaged “themselves”, whereas the problematization of issues can foster engagement. Implications also refer to the field of Public Relations, where highly individual and customized communication strategies are needed.

scholarly journals Hydropolitics versus Human Security: Implications of South Africa's Appropriation of Lesotho's Highlands Water

Daedalus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 150 (4) ◽  
pp. 181-193
Author(s):  
Oscar Gakuo Mwangi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
International Security ◽  
Water Reservoir ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Interstate Conflict ◽  
Structural Relationship ◽  
Water Project ◽  
Environmental Threats ◽  
The World ◽  
Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Abstract The Lesotho Highlands Water Project, which exports water to South Africa, has enhanced the unequal structural relationship that exists between both states. Lesotho, one of the few countries in the world that exports water, has transformed from one of the largest sources of labor for South Africa to a water reservoir for South Africa. Though the project provides mutual strategic economic and political benefits to both riparian states, its construction has negatively affected environmental and human security in Lesotho. Due to hydropolitics, environmental threats in Lesotho caused by the project's construction are overlooked. These threats, which have devastating effects on resettled communities and the country's ecosystem, also constitute a threat to domestic and international security. The desire to prevent interstate conflict and maintain cooperation between the two riparian states further enhances the lopsided interstate relationship.

Conflict resolution under the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar ◽  
Lauren Hoehn-Velasco ◽  
Adan Silverio-Murillo
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Difference In Difference ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Conflict Resolution Strategies ◽  
Resolution Strategies

Purpose This paper aims to analyze conflict resolution strategies among individuals who encountered disputes with family, neighbors, workmates, businesses, strangers, government authorities or other members in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Applying a difference-in-difference approach by sex, the authors use a representative panel of adults living in 82 cities from across Mexico to measure changes in antisocial strategies (violence) and prosocial strategies (non-confrontational methods and dialogue) to resolve disputes. Findings During the COVID-19 pandemic, men reduced their use of violence by 19.6% while women did so by 17.4%. There was a parallel rise in non-confrontational strategies used to solve conflicts equal to 73.6% for men and 62% for women. The use of dialogue as a tool for resolving disputes increased by more in cities that banned the sale of alcohol. Alternative Twitter data corroborates the main findings, suggesting that individuals are becoming more prosocial during the pandemic. Originality/value To the knowledge, this is the first empirical study to analyze changes in strategies for conflict resolution as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper contributes to the literature by demonstrating how individuals adapt their dispute strategies under extraordinary circumstances such as a pandemic, with a focus on a middle-income setting.

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