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The right to water : Politics, governance and social struggle

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York Eathscan 2012Description: 262p xiiISBN:
  • 9781849713603
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.442000 SUL
Contents:
Table of contents Foreword Maude Barlow; 1. The Right to Water: Possibilities and Prospects Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus; 2. The 'Commons' Versus the 'Commodity': Alter -globalization, Anti-privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South Karen Bakker; 3. The Human Right to What? Water, Rights, Humans and the Relation of Things Jamie Linton; 4. A Right to Water? Geographico-legal Perspectives Chad Staddon, Tom Appleby and Evadne Grant; 5. The Political Economy of the Right to Water: Reinvigorating the Question of Property Kyle Mitchell; 6. Scarce or insecure? The Right to Water and the Ethics of Global Water Governance Jeremy Schmidt; 7. The Right to Water as the Right to Identity: Legal Struggles of Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand Jacinta Ruru; 8. Legal Protection of the Right to Water in the European Union Marleen van Rijswick and Andrea Keessen; 9. Rights, Citizenship and Territory: Water Politics in the West Bank Iliaria Giglioli; 10. Water Rights and Wrongs: Illegality and Informal Use in Mexico and the U.S. Katharine Meehan; 11. The Centrality of Community Participation to the Realization of the Right to Water: The Illustrative Case of South Africa Cristy Clark; 12. The Right to the City and the Eco-Social Commoning of Water: Discursive and Political Lessons from South Africa Patrick Bond; 13. Anti-Privatization Struggles and the Right to Water in India: Engendering Cultures of Opposition Krista Bywater; 14. Seeing through the Concept of Water as a human Right in Bolivia Rocio Bustamante, Carlos Crespo and Anna Maria Walnycki; 15. From Cochabamba to Colombia: Travelling Repertoires in Latin American Water Struggles Veronica Perera
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Table of contents
Foreword Maude Barlow;
1. The Right to Water: Possibilities and Prospects Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus;
2. The 'Commons' Versus the 'Commodity': Alter -globalization, Anti-privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South Karen Bakker;
3. The Human Right to What? Water, Rights, Humans and the Relation of Things Jamie Linton;
4. A Right to Water? Geographico-legal Perspectives Chad Staddon, Tom Appleby and Evadne Grant;
5. The Political Economy of the Right to Water: Reinvigorating the Question of Property Kyle Mitchell;
6. Scarce or insecure? The Right to Water and the Ethics of Global Water Governance Jeremy Schmidt;
7. The Right to Water as the Right to Identity: Legal Struggles of Indigenous Peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand Jacinta Ruru;
8. Legal Protection of the Right to Water in the European Union Marleen van Rijswick and Andrea Keessen;
9. Rights, Citizenship and Territory: Water Politics in the West Bank Iliaria Giglioli;
10. Water Rights and Wrongs: Illegality and Informal Use in Mexico and the U.S. Katharine Meehan;
11. The Centrality of Community Participation to the Realization of the Right to Water: The Illustrative Case of South Africa Cristy Clark;
12. The Right to the City and the Eco-Social Commoning of Water: Discursive and Political Lessons from South Africa Patrick Bond;
13. Anti-Privatization Struggles and the Right to Water in India: Engendering Cultures of Opposition Krista Bywater;
14. Seeing through the Concept of Water as a human Right in Bolivia Rocio Bustamante, Carlos Crespo and Anna Maria Walnycki;
15. From Cochabamba to Colombia: Travelling Repertoires in Latin American Water Struggles Veronica Perera