BOOK COVER -- HALF-TITLE -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- MAPS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Part I INTRODUCTION -- 1 ABOUT THE BOOK, THE CONTRIBUTORS AND WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT -- THREE PREMISES -- A NORDIC CASE STUDY -- WHAT THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT -- REFERENCES -- 2 REFLECTIONS ON POWER -- I FALLS DAY (1985) -- II POWER (1987) -- III THE JOKKMOKK SCHOOL (1987) -- REFERENCES -- Part II NORDIC DAMS -- 3 MORATORIUM IN SWEDEN -- THE IMPACTS OF SWEDISH DAMS -- A BRIEF HISTORY -- VINDEL: A NEW KIND OF POLITICS -- THE RIVER SAVERS -- 4 THE DAMS INSIDE -- THE THREAT OF COLLAPSE -- PORJUS: THE PROTOTYPE -- THE SAMIS -- DESCENDANTS OF THE PIONEERS -- PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE LOSSES -- THE POST-INDUSTRIAL HANGOVER -- 5 THE LAST BIG DAM IN NORWAY -- THE SAMIS OF NORWAY -- THE FIRST PHASE OF RESISTANCE -- CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE VERSUS STATE POWER -- THE IMPACTS OF ALTA -- LESSONS FROM THE STRUGGLE -- ECHOES FROM THE PAST: RESISTANCE TO FASCISM AND DAMS -- EPILOGUE -- REFERENCES -- Part III NORDIC DAM BUILDERS IN THE SOUTH -- 6 THE MECHANISM OF 'PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM' -- 'PERVASIVE APPRAISAL OPTIMISM' DEFINED -- THE DISCOURSE -- THE PLAYERS -- CONSULTANTS: THE GREY ZONE -- ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN THEORY AND PRACTICE -- SIDA'S EXISTENTIAL CRISIS -- REFERENCES -- 7 VATTENFALL ABROAD -- THE THEUN HINBOUN DAM -- MEKONG RIVER POLITICS -- NORDIC CONNECTIONS WITH THEUN HINBOUN -- DAM BUILDING IN LAOS: THE BOOT ERA -- THEUN HINBOUN'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW -- MORE WATER, MORE FISH: PAK MUN REVISITED -- WHOSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER? -- WHAT COMES AFTER THEUN HINBOUN? -- Gráinne Ryder -- REFERENCES -- Periodicals -- 8 PANGANI DAM VERSUS THE PEOPLE -- WATER CONFLICTS IN THE PANGANI VALLEY -- THE NORDIC SOLUTION -- THE FURROW SYSTEMS OF THE PANGANI BASIN -- THE CRISIS IN STATE WATER MANAGEMENT.

TOWARDS A DEMOCRATIC WATER-BASIN MANAGEMENT REGIME -- THE LIMITS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 9 PANGANI POWER STRUGGLE -- NORDIC CONTRACTS FOR PANGANI -- TRADITIONAL IRRIGATION IN THE BASIN: THE CONSULTANTS' OBSERVATIONS -- UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT WATER AVAILABILITY -- 'INTERNAL POLITICAL MATTERS' -- THE DONORS' HARD LINE -- REFERENCES -- 10 KVAERNER'S GAME -- SWITCHING SIDES -- SEE NO RALCO, SPEAK NO RALCO -- SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RUBBER STAMP -- SECURING NORWEGIAN INTERESTS -- HOW TO GET AROUND OECD REGULATIONS -- MANAGING THE FALLOUT -- WINNERS AND LOSERS -- EDITOR'S NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 11 IN DEFENCE OF THE BIOBÍO RIVER -- LIFEBLOOD OF A REGION -- PANGUE, RALCO AND THE FATE OF THE PEHUENCHE -- ON ENVIRONMENTAL AID -- THE RECIPIENT OF NORDIC AID -- CHILE'S 'DEVELOPMENT' -- TO THE HEART OF THE BEAST AND BEYOND -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.