Contested water : the struggle against water privatization in the United States and Canada /
"Attempts by local governments to privatize water services have met with furious opposition. Activists argue that to give private companies control of the water supply is to turn water from a common resource into a marketized commodity. Moreover, to cede local power to a global corporation puts...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The MIT Press,
2013
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| Series: | Urban and industrial environments.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of Globalization; 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems; 2 Globalization and Local Social Movements: Understanding the Dynamics; 3 The Meaning of Water: "The Commons" as a Socially Constructed Discourse; 4 Constructing the Problem: Framing Strategies; 5 The Political Process: Seizing Local and Global Opportunities; 6 Mobilizing Cross-Movement Coalitions; 7 Conclusion: Local Social Movements in an Age of Globalization; Notes
