SOAS Research Online

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Mollinga, Peter, Bhat, Anjali and Saravanan, V. S., eds. (2010) When policy meets reality: Political dynamics and the practice of integration in water resources management reform. Berlin: LIT Verlag.

Wall, Caleb R.L. and Mollinga, Peter, eds. (2008) Fieldwork in difficult environments. Methodology as boundary work in development research. Berlin: LIT Verlag. (ZEF development studies, v. 7)

Mollinga, Peter, Dixit, Ajaya and Athukorala, Kusum, eds. (2006) Integrated water resources management in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage. (Water in South Asia, v. 1)

Mollinga, Peter and Bolding, Alex, eds. (2004) The politics of irrigation reform. Contested policy formulation and implementation in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Aldershot: Ashgate. (Global Environmental Governance series)

Mollinga, Peter, ed. (2000) Water for food and rural development. Approaches and initiatives in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage.

Book Chapters

Nizamedinkhodjayeva, N., Bock, B.B. and Mollinga, Peter (2017) 'Gender, Migration and Rural Livelihoods in Uzbekistan in Times of Change.' In: Bock, B.B. and Shortall, Sally, (eds.), Gender and Rural Globalization: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development. Wallingford, Oxford; Boston, MA: Cabi, pp. 34-51.

Mollinga, Peter (2015) 'Caught in a web – Travails of a Machine Tractor Park in Khorezm, Uzbekistan.' In: Lamers, John P. A., Khamzina, Asia, Rudenko, Inna and Vlek, Paul L. G., (eds.), Restructuring land allocation, water use and agricultural value chains. Technologies, policies and practices for the lower Amudarya region. Goettingen: V and R Unipress; Bonn University Press, pp. 317-340.

Mollinga, Peter (2013) 'Boundary concepts for the interdisciplinary analysis of irrigation water management in South Asia.' In: Roth, Dik and Vincent, Linden, (eds.), Controlling the water: Matching technology and institutions in irrigation and water management in India and Nepal. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, pp. 342-365.

Yalcin, Resul and Mollinga, Peter (2010) 'Water Users Associations in Uzbekistan: the introduction of a new institutional arrangement for local water management.' In: Mollinga, Peter, Bhat, Anjali and Saravanan, V. S., (eds.), When policy meets reality: Political dynamics and the practice of integration in water resources management reform. Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp. 97-126.

Abdullayev, I., Mielke, K., Mollinga, Peter, Monsees, J., Schetter, Conrad, Shah, U. and ter Steege, B. (2010) 'Water, war and reconstruction irrigation management in the Kunduz region, Afghanistan.' In: Arsel, Murat and Spoor, Max, (eds.), Water, Environmental Security and Sustainable Rural Development: Conflict and cooperation in Central Asia. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 21-49. (ISS Studies in Rural Livelihoods)

Mollinga, Peter and Bhat, Anjali (2010) 'When policy meets reality: The embeddedness and contestation of water resources management.' In: Mollinga, Peter, Bhat, Anjali and Saravanan, V. S., (eds.), When policy meets reality: Political dynamics and the practice of integration in water resources management reform. Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp. 1-25.

Slootweg, Roel and Mollinga, Peter (2009) 'The impact assessment framework.' In: Slootweg, Roel, Rajvanshi, Asha, Matur, Vinod B. and Kolhoff, Arend, (eds.), Biodiversity in Environmental Assessment: Enhancing Ecosystem Services for Human Well-Being. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 87-124. (Biodiversity and Vonservation series)

Mollinga, Peter (2008) 'Field research methodology as boundary work: An introduction.' In: Wall, Caleb R.L. and Mollinga, Peter, (eds.), Fieldwork in difficult environments. Methodology as boundary work in development research. Berlin: LIT Verlag, pp. 1-17. (ZEF Development Studies)

Mollinga, Peter (2008) 'The Water Resources Policy Process in India: Centralisation, Polarisation and New Demands on Governance.' In: Ballabh, Vishwa, (ed.), Governance of water. Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 339-370.

Mollinga, Peter (2008) 'Water policy – Water politics: Social engineering and strategic action in water sector reform.' In: Scheumann, Waltina, Neubert, Susanne and Kipping, Martin, (eds.), Water Politics and Development Cooperation: Local Power Plays and Global Governance. Berlin: Springer Verlag, pp. 1-29.

Merrey, Douglas J., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Mollinga, Peter and Karar, Eiman (2007) 'Policy and Institutional Reform Processes for Sustainable Agricultural Water Management: The Art of the Possible.' In: Molden, David, (ed.), Water for Food Water for Life: A Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture. London: Earthscan, pp. 193-231.

Bock, B.B. and Mollinga, Peter (2006) 'Gender dimensions of rural livelihoods in Uzbekistan: the importance of emergent entrepreneurship and migration.' In: Majerová, Věra, (ed.), Countryside - our world : collection of papers of international conference. Prague: Ceska zemedelska univerzita v Praze (Czech University of Agriculture Prague), pp. 72-79.

Mollinga, Peter (2006) 'IWRM in South Asia: A concept looking for a constituency.' In: Mollinga, Peter, Dixit, Ajaya and Athukorala, Kusum, (eds.), Integrated water resources management in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 21-37. (Water in South Asia series No.1)

Mollinga, Peter (2005) 'Gao Hong and Anjali Mohan Bhatia ‘Leadership and turnover. The contradictions of irrigation management reform in the People’s Republic of China.' In: Shivakoti, Ganesh, Vermillion, Douglas, Lam, W.F., Ostrom, Elinor, Pradhan, Ujjwal and Yode, Robert, (eds.), Asian Irrigation in Transition: Responding to Challenges. New Dehli: Sage, pp. 310-345.

Mollinga, Peter and Doraiswamy, R. (2005) 'Investing in Farmer Networks for Inclusive Irrigation Policy Processes in South India.' In: Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A sourcebook for investment in agricultural water management. Washington D.C.: The World Bank/Agriculture and Rural Development, pp. 96-99.

Mollinga, Peter and Doraiswamy, R. (2005) 'Investing in Farmer Networks for Inclusive Irrigation Policy Processes in South India.' In: Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A sourcebook for investment in agricultural water management. Washington D.C.: The World Bank/Agriculture and Rural Development, pp. 96-99.

Mollinga, Peter (2002) 'Power in motion: A critical assessment of canal irrigation reform in India.' In: Hooja, Rakesh, Pangare, Ganesh and Raju, K.V., (eds.), Users in water management. The Andhra model and its replicability in India. Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications.

Mollinga, Peter (2000) 'The inevitability of reform: Towards alternative approaches for canal irrigation development in India.' In: Hooja, Rakesh and Joshi, L.K., (eds.), Participatory Irrigation Management: Paradigm for the 21st century (Vol. 2). Jaipur and New Delhi: Rawat Publications, pp. 67-97.

Mollinga, Peter (2000) 'Introduction to Water for food and rural development: Approaches and initiatives in South Asia.' In: Mollinga, Peter, (ed.), Water for food and rural development: Approaches and initiatives in South Asia. New Delhi: Sage, pp. 13-29.

Mollinga, Peter (1999) 'The policy process in irrigation reform: technology rural development and politics.' In: Schrevel, A., (ed.), Water and food security in (semi-) arid areas: Proceedings of the second Wageningen Water Workshop 2-4 November 1998: Special Report. Wageningen: ILRI (International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement), pp. 127-144.

Mollinga, Peter (1998) 'Equity and accountability: Water distribution in a South Indian canal irrigation system.' In: Boelens, Rutgerd, Dávila, Gloria and Menchu, Rigoberta, (eds.), Searching for equity: Conceptions of justice and equity in peasant irrigation. Assen: Van Gorcum Ltd, pp. 143-160.

Mollinga, Peter (1998) 'Participation as a political process.' In: van Vuren, Gerrit, (ed.), Farmers’ participation in water management: Proceedings of the 2nd Netherlands National ICID day. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema, pp. 63-68.

Jacobs, C., de Jong, Jeroen, Mollinga, Peter and Bastiaansen, W.G.M. (1997) 'Constraints and opportunities for improving irrigation management in a water scarce but waterlogged area in Haryana, India.' In: de Jager, James M., Vermes, Laszlo P. and Ragab, Ragab, (eds.), Sustainable irrigation in areas of water scarcity and drought. Proceedings of the International Workshop organised by ICID, Oxford, September 1997. Oxford: ICID (International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage).

Mollinga, Peter and Bolding, Alex (1996) 'Signposts of struggle: Pipe outlets as the material interface between water users and the state in a South Indian large scale irrigation system.' In: Diemer, Geert and Huibers, Frans P., (eds.), Crops, water and people: Water allocation practices of farmers and engineers. London: Practical Action Publishing, pp. 11-33.

Mollinga, Peter and van Straaten, C.J.M. (1996) 'The politics of water distribution: Negotiating resource use in a South Indian canal irrigation system.' In: Howsam, Peter and Carter, Richard, (eds.), Water policy: Allocation and management in practice: Proceedings of the International Conference on Water Policy, held at Cranfield University, 23-24 September 1996. London: E and F.N. Spon, pp. 243-250.

Mollinga, Peter (1995) 'Constituencies and commands: The role of politicians in water control in a South Indian large scale canal irrigation system.' In: Proc. Int. Conf. Political economy of water in South Asia: rural and urban action and interactions. Madras. Vol.1. Wageningen Agricultural University, pp. 226-240.

Mollinga, Peter (1995) 'Irrigation management and agrarian change: Contested water control in a South Indian canal system.' In: Endeveld, M. and Agrarian Questions Organising Committee, The, (eds.), Proceedings International Congress Agrarian questions: the politics of farming anno 1995. Vol. 3. Wageningen 22-24 May 1995. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Agricultural University, pp. 1055-1066.

Dia, Ibrahima S. and Mollinga, Peter (1993) 'Irrigation design and African farming systems.' In: Ubels, Jan and Horst, Lucas, (eds.), Irrigation design in Africa. Towards an interactive method. Wageningen: The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation (CTA), pp. 22-40.

Kloezen, Wim and Mollinga, Peter (1992) 'Opening closed gates: recognising the social nature of irrigation artefacts.' In: Diemer, Geert and Slabbers, Jacques, (eds.), Irrigators and engineers: Essays in honour of Lucas Horst. Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers, pp. 53-63.

Meijers, Ton and Mollinga, Peter (1991) 'Ieder is gelijk en heeft recht op water: waterverdeling bij de Haalpulaar in de Senegalvallei.' In: Diemer, Geert and Slabbers, Jacques, (eds.), Irrigatietechniek en cultuur. Opvattingen van boeren en ingenieurs over de verdeling van water. Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers.

Journal Article

Mollinga, Peter (2020) 'Of binaries, boundaries and benevolence: Critical interdisciplinarity in natural resources management.' Borders in Perspective: Thematic issue: B/ordering the Anthropocene: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Nature-Culture Relations, 5. pp. 70-93.

Mollinga, Peter (2020) 'Knowledge, context and problemsheds: a critical realist method for interdisciplinary water studies.' Water International, 45 (5). pp. 388-415.

Mollinga, Peter (2019) 'Cultural Political Economy and Critical Water Studies: An Introduction to the Special Themed Section.' Water Alternatives, 12 (3). pp. 788-801.

Suhardiman, Diana and Mollinga, Peter (2017) 'Institutionalised corruption in Indonesian irrigation: An analysis of the upeti system.' Development Policy Review, 35 (S2). pp. 140-159.

Nickum, James E. and Mollinga, Peter (2016) 'Different Asias, same problems: negotiating the state-user interface in surface irrigation in China and India.' Water Policy, 18 (S1). pp. 83-102.

Mollinga, Peter (2016) 'Secure Rights and Non-Credibility: the Paradoxical Dynamics of Canal Irrigation in India.' Journal of Peasant Studies, 43 (6). pp. 1310-1331.

Ingold, Karin, Fischer, Manuel, de Boer, Cheryl and Mollinga, Peter (2016) 'Water Management Across Borders, Scales and Sectors: Recent developments and future challenges in water policy analysis.' Environmental Policy and Governance, 26 (4). pp. 223-228.

Mollinga, Peter and Veldwisch, Gert Jan A. (2016) 'Ruling by canal: Governance and system-level design characteristics of large scale irrigation infrastructure in India and Uzbekistan.' Water Alternatives, 9 (2). pp. 222-249.

Obertreis, Julia, Moss, Timothy, Mollinga, Peter and Bichsel, Christine (2016) 'Water, infrastructure and political rule: Introduction to the special issue [Water, infrastructure and political rule].' Water Alternatives, 9 (2). pp. 168-181.

Reis, Nadine and Mollinga, Peter (2015) 'Public Policy and the Idea of the Vietnamese State: The Cultural Political Economy of Domestic Water Supply.' Asian Studies Review, 39 (4). pp. 628-648.

Mollinga, Peter and Gondhalekar, Daphne (2014) 'Finding structure in diversity: A stepwise small-N/medium-N qualitative comparative analysis approach for water resources management research.' Water Alternatives, 7 (1). pp. 178-198.

Mollinga, Peter (2014) 'Canal irrigation and the hydrosocial cycle. The morphogenesis of contested water control in the Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal, South India.' Geoforum, 57. pp. 192-204.

Veldwisch, Gert Jan A. and Mollinga, Peter (2013) 'Lost in transition? The introduction of water users associations in Uzbekistan.' Water International, 38 (6). pp. 758-773.

Suhardiman, Diana and Mollinga, Peter (2012) 'Correlations, Causes and the Logic of Obscuration: Donor Shaping of Dominant Narratives in Indonesia's Irrigation Development.' Journal of Development Studies, 48 (7). pp. 923-938.

Reis, Nadine and Mollinga, Peter (2012) 'Water Supply or ‘Beautiful Latrines’? Microcredit for Rural Water Supply and Sanitation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.' ASEAS – Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, 5 (1). pp. 10-29.

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina, Ul Hassan, Mehmood and Mollinga, Peter (2011) 'Transdisciplinary Innovation Research in Uzbekistan – one year of ‘Following The Innovation’.' Development in Practice, 21 (6). pp. 834-847.

Abdullaev, Iskandar and Mollinga, Peter (2010) 'The Socio-Technical Aspects of Water Management: Emerging Trends at Grass Roots Level in Uzbekistan.' Water, 2 (1). pp. 85-100.

Mollinga, Peter (2010) 'Boundary work and the complexity of natural resources management.' Crop Science, 50 (1). S1-S9.

Mollinga, Peter and Tucker, S. P. (2010) 'Changing water governance in India: Taking the longer view.' SAWAS: South Asian Water Studies, 1 (3). i-vi.

Mollinga, Peter (2010) 'The material conditions of a polarised discourse. Clamours and silences in critical analysis of agricultural water use in India.' Journal of Agrarian Change, 10 (3). pp. 414-436.

Saravanan, V. S., McDonald, Geoffrey T. and Mollinga, Peter (2009) 'Critical review of Integrated Water Resources Management: Moving beyond polarised discourse.' Natural Resources Forum, 33 (1). pp. 76-86.

Mollinga, Peter (2009) 'Towards the transdisciplinary engineer. Incorporating ecology, equity and democracy concerns into water professionals’ attitudes, skills and knowledge.' Irrigation and Drainage, 58 (2). pp. 195-204.

Mollinga, Peter (2009) 'Water rights in Farmer Managed Irrigation Systems in India: Equity, rule making, hydraulic property and the ecology.' SAWAS South Asia Water Studies, 1 (1). pp. 1-18.

Stellmacher, Till and Mollinga, Peter (2009) 'The institutional sphere of coffee forest management in Ethiopia: local level findings from Koma forest, Kaffa zone.' International Journal of Social Forestry, 2 (1). pp. 43-66.

Mollinga, Peter (2008) 'Water, politics and development: Framing a political sociology of water resources management.' Water Alternatives, 1 (1). pp. 7-23.

Mollinga, Peter (2007) 'Learning and unlearning in water resources management history in South Asia: the cases of irrigation and flood control.' RIHN 1st International Symposium Proceedings. Water and Better Human Life in the Future. November 6-8, 2006 Kyoto. pp. 109-117.

Abdeldayem, Safwat, Hoevenaars, Jan, Mollinga, Peter, Scheumann, Waltina, Slootweg, Roel and van Steenbergen, Frank (2005) 'Agricultural drainage: towards an integrated approach.' Irrigation and Drainage Systems, 19. pp. 71-87.

Mollinga, Peter (2004) 'Sleeping with the enemy: Dichotomies and polarisation in Indian policy debates on the environmental and social effects of irrigation.' Water Nepal, 11 (2). pp. 73-101.

Molle, François and Mollinga, Peter (2003) 'Water policy indicators: Conceptual problems and policy issues.' Water Policy, 5 (5/6). pp. 529-544.

Mollinga, Peter, Doraiswamy, R. and Engbersen, Kim (2001) 'Participatory irrigation management in Andhra Pradesh, India.' International Journal of Water, 1 (3-4). pp. 71-90.

Mollinga, Peter (2001) 'Water and politics: Levels, rational choice and South Indian canal irrigation.' Futures, 33 (8). pp. 733-752.

Jurriëns, Rien and Mollinga, Peter (1996) 'Scarcity by design: protective irrigation in India and Pakistan.' ICID Bulletin, 45 (2). pp. 31-53.

Bolding, Alex, Mollinga, Peter and van Straaten, Kees (1995) 'Modules for modernisation. Colonial irrigation in India and the technological dimension of agrarian change.' Journal of Development Studies, 31 (6). pp. 805-844.

Maat, Harro and Mollinga, Peter (1994) 'Water bij de uien. Technologische en andere ontwikkeling op het Ile à Morphil, Senegal.' Kennis en Methode. Jaargang, XVIII (1). pp. 40-63.

Monographs and Working Papers

Lamba, Amrita, Sugden, Fraser, Aderghal, Mohammed, Fengbo, Chen, Pagogna, Raffaella, Masotti, Matteo, Dessalegn, Mengistu, Murzakulova, Asel, Kharel, Arjun, Lahoucine, Amzil, Stirba, Vitalie, Kuznetsova, Irina, Vittuari, Matteo, Jian, Cai, Crivellaro, Francesca, Naruchaikusol, Sopon, Lucasenco, Eugenia, Mogilevskii, Roman, Mollinga, Peter, Phalkey, Neelambari and Bhattarai, Sadiskhya (2023) Migration governance and agrarian and rural development: Comparative lessons from China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand. London: AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 25.

Mollinga, Peter, Lamba, Amrita, Aderghal, Mohammed, Amzil, Lahoucine, Dessalegn, Mengistu, Masotti, Matteo, Murzakulova, Asel, Kharel, Arjun, Sugden, Fraser, Pagogna, Raffaella, Fengbo, Chen and Jian, Cai (2023) Making sense of diversity in agrarian and rural change outcomes of labor out-migration through comparative analysis: First lessons from China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand. London: AGRUMIG Policy Brief Series 24.

Shtaltovna, Anastasiya, Hornidge, Anna-Katharina and Mollinga, Peter (2011) The Reinvention of Agricultural Service Organisations in Uzbekistan - a Machine-Tractor Park in the Khorezm Region. Bonn: Center for Development Research. ZEF Working Paper 75.

Mollinga, Peter (2010) Boundary concepts for interdisciplinary analysis of irrigation water management in South Asia. Bonn: Center for Development Research. ZEF Working Paper 64.

Mollinga, Peter (2010) Transdisciplinary Method for Water Pollution and Human Health Research. Bonn: Center for Development Research. ZEF Working Paper 59..

Saravanan, V. S. and Mollinga, Peter (2010) Water Pollution and Human Health - Transdisciplinary Research on Risk Governance in a Complex Society. Bonn: Center for Development Research. ZEF Working Paper 56.

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina, Ul Hassan, Mehmood and Mollinga, Peter (2009) Follow the innovation: A joint experimentation and learning approach to transdisciplinary innovation research. Bon, Germany: ZEF Working Paper Series 39.

Reis, Nadine and Mollinga, Peter (2009) Microcredit for rural water supply and sanitation in the Mekong Delta: Policy implementation between the needs for clean water and ‘beautiful latrines'. Bonn: Center for Development Research. ZEF Working Paper 49.

Doraiswamy, R., Mollinga, Peter and Gondhalekar, Daphne (2009) Participatory training in canal irrigation in Andhra Pradesh: The JalaSpandana Experience. STRIVER Policy Brief series 17.

Doraiswamy, R., Mollinga, Peter and Gondhalekar, Daphne (2009) Willingness to pay – unwillingness to be paid: The politics of water pricing in canal irrigation in Andhra Pradesh, India. The STRIVER Policy and Technical Brief series 18.

Saravanan, V. S., McDonald, Geoffrey T. and Mollinga, Peter (2008) Critical Review of Integrated Water Resources Management: Moving Beyond Polarised Discourse. Bon, Germany: ZEF Working Paper Series 29.

Mollinga, Peter (2008) For a political sociology of water resources management. ZEF Working Paper Series 31.

Mollinga, Peter (2008) The Rational organisation of dissent. Interdisciplinarity in the study of natural resources management. ZEF Working Paper Series 33.

Yalcin, Resul and Mollinga, Peter (2007) Institutional transformation in Uzbekistan’s agricultural and water resources administration: The creation of a new bureaucracy. Bonn, Germany: ZEF Working Paper Series 22.

Abdeldayem, Safwat, Hoevenaars, Jan, Mollinga, Peter, Scheumann, Waltina, Slootweg, Roel and van Steenbergen, Frank (2004) Reclaiming Drainage: Toward an Integrated Approach. Washington D.C.: The World Bank. Agriculture and Rural Development Report 1.

Mollinga, Peter (2003) On the waterfront. Water distribution, technology and agrarian change in a South Indian canal irrigation system. Hyderabad: Orient Longman.

Bhatia, Anjali M., Hong, Gao and Mollinga, Peter (2002) Irrigation reform in the People’s republic of China. Institutional transformation in Shijin, Jingxing Mianyou and Zaohe irrigation systems. Wageningen: Irrigation and Water Engineering Group. CWP Research Papers 13.

Rajagopal, A., Doraiswamy, R. and Mollinga, Peter (2002) Tailenders and other deprived in irrigation in India: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Wageningen: Irrigation and Water Engineering Group. CWP Research Papers 14.

Mollinga, Peter (2001) Power in motion: A critical assessment of canal irrigation reform, with a focus on India. New Delhi: Indian Network on Participatory Irrigation Management. IndianPIM Working Paper/Monograph Series No. 1.

Mollinga, Peter (2000) Contested resource use in the rural environment.

Datye, K.R., Hoevenaars, Jan, Mollinga, Peter and Vaidyanathan, A. (2000) Report of the workshop on Alternative Approaches to Canal Irrigation Reform [Held in Hyderabad, India from 18-22 December 1998].

Mollinga, Peter, Merrey, Douglas J., Hvidt, M. and Radwan, L. S. (1998) Water control in Egypt’s canal irrigation: A discussion of institutional issues at different levels. Wageningen: Wageningen Agricultural University.

Jurriëns, Rien, Mollinga, Peter and Wester, Philippus (1996) Scarcity by design: Protective irrigation in India and Pakistan. Wageningen: Wageningen Agricultural University.

Mollinga, Peter (1992) Protective irrigation in South India: Deadlock or development? Milton Keynes: Development Policy and Practice Research Group, Open University. DPP Working Paper no. 24.

Mollinga, Peter and Mooij, Jos E. (1989) Cracking the code: Towards a conceptualization of the social content of technical artefacts. Milton Keynes: Technology Policy Group, Open University.