Water and power in highland Peru : the cultural politics of irrigation and development

Introduction: Channels of Power, Fields of Contention -- History, Community, and Ethnicity in Cabanaconde -- The Political Ecology and Cultural Politics of Irrigation and Land Recovery -- Earth Mother, Cabildos, and Water Ritual -- Dual Organization: Equilibrium, Extraction, and the Cargo of Water Mayor -- The Power of the Pen: Patriarchs, Pudientes, and the State Model of Irrigation -- Water Politics and Distribution on the Ground -- Conclusion: the Cultural Politics of Irrigation, Community, and Development in the Andes.