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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robinson, Joanna L., 1971- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2013]
Colección:Urban and industrial environments.
Temas:
Water utilities > United States.
Water utilities > Canada.
Municipal water supply > United States.
Municipal water supply > Canada.
Privatization > United States.
Privatization > Canada.
Services d'eau > États-Unis.
Services d'eau > Canada.
Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > États-Unis.
Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > Canada.
Privatisation > États-Unis.
Privatisation > Canada.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Water Supply.
Municipal water supply
Privatization
Water utilities
Canada
United States
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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

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