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This course takes an explicitly comparative perspective to systematically examine how developing economies have managed the domestic politics of water as a resource. From big-state solutions during an era of large-scale infrastructure investment, market-based approaches during the Washington Consensus, to a recent resurgence of state intervention led by China, the role of the state in water management has changed fundamentally over time. Drawing on empirical cases from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the course investigates how prevailing theories about the role of the state in economic development have influenced state approaches to governing water. Moving beyond technocratic solutions that see water management primarily as an engineering task, the course explores how strategies for water governance are politically contested and reflect the shifting distribution of power among different societal groups. In addition to providing a broad survey of contemporary international water issues, the course offers students practice in comparative policy analysis and develops an analytical toolkit for policy-making in a developing economy context. Students who have taken or take this course, cannot enroll in Winston Yu’s course: SA.680.738.01 International Water: Issues and Policies <a href="http://bit.ly/2uJ6KG0" target="_blank">Click here to see a video introduction for the course.</a> <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>