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Privatizing water : governance failure and the world's urban water crisis
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- Creator
- Karen Bakker
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780801474644, 1322503001, 0801467004, 9780801467004, 9780801463617, 0801447232, 0801463610, 9780801447235, 0801474647
- OCLC
- ocn987942388, ocn864900316, ocn608035332, ocn922998102
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : Privatization and the urban water crisis -- Governance failure : reframing the urban water supply "crisis" -- Material emblems of citizenship : creating "public" water -- Watering the thirsty poor : the water privatization debate -- Citizens without a city : the techno-politics of urban water governance -- Protesting privatization : transnational struggles over the human right to water -- Commons versus commodities : the ambiguous merits of community water-supply management -- Politics and biopolitics : debating ecological governance -- Conclusion : Beyond privatization