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Water International Volume 46, 2021 - Issue 6: Water Insecurity and the State: Failure, Disconnection and Autonomy
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State presence: from struggle to dismissal

Governing water insecurity: navigating indigenous water rights and regulatory politics in settler colonial states

Nicole J. Wilsona Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Teresa Montoyab Department of Anthropology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6238-4298View further author information
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Rachel Arseneaultc Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, ON, CanadaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0407-3894View further author information
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Andrew Curleyd School of Geography, Development, and Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7392-3565View further author information
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Pages 783-801 | Received 25 Jul 2020, Accepted 25 Apr 2021, Published online: 30 Jun 2021

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