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Contested Water : The Struggle Against Water Privatization in the United States and Canada.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Urban and Industrial Environments SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (254 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262313612
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Contested WaterDDC classification:
  • 363.610973
LOC classification:
  • HD4461 .R63 2013
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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 -- References -- Index -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series.
Summary: An examination of anti-water privatization movements in the United States and Canada that explores the interplay of the local and the global.
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Intro -- 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 -- References -- Index -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series.

An examination of anti-water privatization movements in the United States and Canada that explores the interplay of the local and the global.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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