TY - JOUR
T1 - Implications of shifts in the Israeli water discourse for Israeli-Palestinian water negotiations
AU - Feitelson, E.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Most studies analyzing the Israeli-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian water issues focus on the international level, looking at countries as singular entities, and on the physical features of these issues. However, the outcome of negotiations is likely to be determined, to a significant extent, by the ability of negotiators to meet the expectations of different internal constituencies. The win-sets available to negotiators are molded by the sanctioned discourse within societies. Hence, the potential for reaching agreements should not be analyzed without due regard to internal discourses. This paper analyzes the shifts in the internal Israeli water discourse. It argues that despite the seemingly immutable water policy scene within Israel, the previous unison discourse has fragmented in the last decade as a result of structural changes in the Israeli society and economy. These changes have the potential to increase the win-sets available to negotiators. However, the specific implications for the negotiations will be effected by the relative power of the different discourse coalitions identified in the paper, and their ability to sanction their story lines.
AB - Most studies analyzing the Israeli-Arab and Israeli-Palestinian water issues focus on the international level, looking at countries as singular entities, and on the physical features of these issues. However, the outcome of negotiations is likely to be determined, to a significant extent, by the ability of negotiators to meet the expectations of different internal constituencies. The win-sets available to negotiators are molded by the sanctioned discourse within societies. Hence, the potential for reaching agreements should not be analyzed without due regard to internal discourses. This paper analyzes the shifts in the internal Israeli water discourse. It argues that despite the seemingly immutable water policy scene within Israel, the previous unison discourse has fragmented in the last decade as a result of structural changes in the Israeli society and economy. These changes have the potential to increase the win-sets available to negotiators. However, the specific implications for the negotiations will be effected by the relative power of the different discourse coalitions identified in the paper, and their ability to sanction their story lines.
KW - Discourse
KW - Israel
KW - Transboundary groundwater
KW - Water agreements
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036218559&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0962-6298(01)00038-5
DO - 10.1016/S0962-6298(01)00038-5
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AN - SCOPUS:0036218559
SN - 0962-6298
VL - 21
SP - 293
EP - 318
JO - Political Geography
JF - Political Geography
IS - 3
ER -