Water politics [electronic resource] : governance, justice, and the right to water / edited by Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus.

"Scholarship on the right to water has proliferated in interesting and unexpected ways in recent years. This book broadens existing discussions on the right to water in order to shed critical light on the pathways, pitfalls, prospects, and constraints that exist in achieving global goals, as well as...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sultana, Farhana (Editor)
Loftus, Alex (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
Series:Earthscan water text
Subjects:
Right to water.
Right to water > Political aspects.
Online Access:
Taylor & Francis eBooks (Complete Collection): 2019 (Taylor & Francis eBooks)
Variant Title:
Water Politics: Governance, Justice and the Right to Water
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Foreword / Leo Heller
  • The right to water in a global context : challenges and transformations / Farhana Sultana and Alex Loftus
  • Valuing water : rights, resilience, and the UN High-Level Panel on Water / Jeremy Schmidt
  • Making space for practical authority : policy formalization and the right to water in Mexico / Katie Meehan
  • Turning to traditions : three cultural-religious articulations of fresh waters' value(s) in contemporary governance frameworks / Christiana Zenner
  • The right to bring waters into being / Jamie Linton
  • The rights to water and food : exploring the synergies / Lyla Mehta and Daniel Langmeier
  • Water-security capabilities and the human right to water / Wendy Jepson, Amber Wutich and Leila Harris
  • Rights on the edge of the city : realizing of the right to water in informal settlements in Bolivia / Anna Walnycki
  • Human right to water and bottled water consumption : governing at the intersection of water justice, rights, and ethics / Raul Pacheco-Vega
  • Against the trend : structure and agency in the struggle for public water in Europe / Andreas Bieler
  • Remunicipalization and the human right to water : a signifier half full? / David McDonald
  • Citizen mobilization for water : the case of Thessaloniki, Greece / Jerry van den Berge, Rutgerd Boelens and Jeroen Vos
  • Race, austerity and water in the US : fighting for the human right to water in Detroit and Flint, Michigan / Cristy Clark
  • Class, race, space and the "right to sanitation" : the limits of neoliberal toilet technologies in Durban, South Africa / Patrick Bond.