Christopher Sneddon

Associate Professor

Chris Sneddon joined us in 2000 as Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in Environmental Studies and Geography. Chris completed his Ph.D. dissertation (Altered rivers: socio-ecological transformation, water conflicts and the state in Northeast Thailand) at the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on the political ecology of river basin development, primarily in Southeast Asia. His recent work focuses on transnational river basins (such as the Mekong and Zambezi), conflicts over water in a variety of settings, and the linkages among power, scale and institutions in the context of river basin management. Other interests include: the environment and social theory; environmental politics and policy; environmental history; and qualitative research methods.

Selected Publications

• Sneddon, C. and Fox. 2008. Struggles over dams as struggles for justice: The World Commission on Dams (WCD) and anti-dam campaigns in Thailand and Mozambique. Society and Natural Resources 21(7):625-640.
• Sneddon C. 2007. Natures materiality and the circuitous paths of accumulation: dispossession of riverine fisheries in Cambodia, Antipode. 39(1):167-193.
• Sneddon, C. and C. Fox. 2007. Power, development and institutional change: Participatory governance in the Lower Mekong basin. World Development 35(12):2161-2181.
• Sneddon, C., R. B. Howarth, and R. B. Norgaard. 2006. Sustainable Development in a Post- Brundtland World, Ecological Economics.
• Sneddon, Chris. 2003. Reconfiguring scale and power: the Khong-Chi-Mun project in Northeast Thailand, Environment and Planning A 35: 2229-2250.

Courses

• ENVS 3 (with Rich Howarth)
• ENVS 7
• ENVS 44/Geog 44
• Geog 11
• Geog 17

Email: christopher.sneddon@dartmouth.edu

Web Page: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~geog/facstaff/faculty.html#sneddon

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