Against Water Privatization: Critiquing Neoliberal Water Policy

ISBN-13: 9780230212107 / Angielski / Twarda / 2025 / 224 str.

Jos Esteban Castro

Opis

This book addresses water privatization from a historical-sociological perspective and rejects claims of 'neutrality' from actors across the political spectrum who are responsible for neoliberal water policies, interrogating the ethics of political pragmatism.

Spis treści

Introduction Privatism and Exclusionary Water Politics Social Regulation and the Reproduction of Water Inequality The Revival of Water Privatism in the Late 20th Century A Failed Privatist Utopia Privatization's Legacy: The Structural Forces of Water Inequality and Injustice Defending the Common Good: Water Struggles and Substantive Citizenship Conclusions

O autorze

JOSÉ ESTEBAN CASTRO is Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UK.