Adrian S. Erben

University of Bamberg

This comparative study uses three case studies (Roman Boğazköy, Antioch on the Orontes, and Maputo) to examine how the critical water supply has been regulated in the political context of weak statehood at different times in human history (antiquity and modern era) and different special contexts. For valid results, we approach the question from thr...

“Object of regulation” means a community problem that is either regulated by the central power or by a local actor. This paper provides a concise introduction to a particular conflict prone and relative subcategory, the so-called “critical” objects of regulation. The attribute “critical” refers to the quality of the consequences that the dysfunctio...