Schwieger, Diego A. Menestrey (2019). NEGOTIATING WATER ON UNEQUAL TERMS: CATTLE LOANS, DEPENDENCIES AND POWER IN COMMUNAL WATER MANAGEMENT IN NORTHWEST NAMIBIA. Nomad. Peoples, 23 (2). S. 241 - 261. ISLE OF HARRIS: WHITE HORSE PRESS. ISSN 1752-2366

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Abstract

This article shows how the distribution of costs for communal boreholes in the Kunene region of northwest Namibia is largely shaped by patron-client relationships based on cattle loans among pastoralists. Drawing on a case study in the context of state water decentralisation reforms, the paper argues that, while cattle loans provide livelihood security for poor Himba herders, they also limit their bargaining power with regards to negotiating local contribution rules for the communal water point. Poorer heads of household find it difficult to negotiate on equal terms with their wealthy counterparts because they depend on their cattle transfers to make a living. As a result, contribution rules disadvantaging the poor are put into practice, leading to tensions between herders and putting pressure on social relations of support.

Item Type: Journal Article
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Schwieger, Diego A. MenestreyUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-142841
DOI: 10.3197/np.2019.230205
Journal or Publication Title: Nomad. Peoples
Volume: 23
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 241 - 261
Date: 2019
Publisher: WHITE HORSE PRESS
Place of Publication: ISLE OF HARRIS
ISSN: 1752-2366
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
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INSTITUTIONS; GOVERNANCEMultiple languages
AnthropologyMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/14284

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