Much has been written about legal questions surrounding Indian water rights; this book now places them in the political framework that also includes water development. McCool analyzes the two conflicting doctrines relating to water use--one based on federal case law governing the rights of Indians on reservations, the other sanctioned by legislation and applied to non-Indians--based on the "iron triangles" of bureaucrats, legislators, and interest groups that dominate policy issues. He examines the way federal and BIA ...
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Much has been written about legal questions surrounding Indian water rights; this book now places them in the political framework that also includes water development. McCool analyzes the two conflicting doctrines relating to water use--one based on federal case law governing the rights of Indians on reservations, the other sanctioned by legislation and applied to non-Indians--based on the "iron triangles" of bureaucrats, legislators, and interest groups that dominate policy issues. He examines the way federal and BIA water development programs have reacted to conflict, competition, and opportunity from the turn of the century to the 1980s and updates the situation in an introduction written for this edition.
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Very good. Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. With dust jacket. 321 p. Audience: General/trade. Remainder mark at bottom of book, otherwise clean, unmarked book.
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NF. Wrappers. White rear cover, brown spine, colorful photographic front cover are all clean, bright, and glossy. Book has a very slight bump at the front corner of the head of the spine and just a trace of rubbing at the very tips of a couple of the corners. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 321 pages. Illustrated with a few charts here and there throughout.