EKONOMİK GEÇİŞ ÜLKELERİNDE “MODERN SU”DAN “YOZLAŞMIŞ SU”YA DOĞRU: BOSNA-HERSEK ÖRNEĞİ

Year 2022, Volume: 15 Issue: 1, 85 - 101, 30.06.2022

Özge Can Doğmuş

https://doi.org/10.18221/bujss.1070583

Abstract

Hidroelektrik üretim, ekonomik geçiş ülkelerinde önemli bir kalkınma stratejisi olarak pazarlanmaktadır. Bu da, bu ülkelerin bazılarında planlanan hidroelektrik santral sayılarında hızlı bir artışa sebep olmuştur. Ancak, veriler gösteriyor ki, planlanan projelerin birçoğu hayata geçirilmemiştir. Bu makalede, Bosna-Hersek örneğinden yola çıkarak bu tip kâğıt üzerinde kalan projelerin sonuçlarına ışık tutmak amaçlanmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, hidrososyal döngü kavramsallaştırması ışığında, kâğıt üzerinde kalan bu projelerin, suyun bir yolsuzluk aracına nasıl dönüştürüldüğü gösterilmektedir. Bu çalışmada iddia edilen, ekonomik geçiş ülkelerinde, suyun manasının teknolojik ilerleme aracından bir yolsuzluk aracına, bir diğer ifadeyle, ‘modern su’dan ‘yozlaşmış su’ya dönüştüğüdür.

Keywords

hidrososyal döngü, hidroelektrik santral patlaması, yolsuzluk, sürdürülebilir kalkınma

From ‘Modern Water’ to ‘Corrupt Water’ in Transition Countries: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

Hydropower is promoted as one of the prominent development strategies in transition countries. In several of these countries, this has created a boom of hydropower project plans. Yet, emerging evidence suggests that the majority of projects are never realised. In this paper, we present empirical evidence of non-materialised hydropower plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina in order to shed light on some of their consequences. Through the conceptual lens of the hydrosocial cycle, it is analysed how the hydropower boom imbues water with a new meaning by making water the means of corruption when the hydropower projects are not carried out. It is argued that hydrosocial relations are reshaped by the changing meaning of water from a means of technological advancement and economic development to a means of corruption, in other words, from ‘modern water’ to ‘corrupt water’ in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Keywords

hydrosocial cycle, hydropower boom, corruption, sustainable development

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