Contesting Water Rights Local, State, and Global Struggles /

• Main Author: Subramaniam, Mangala (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Political sociology.; Environmental sociology.; Social justice.; Human rights.; Environmental management.; Political Sociology.; Environmental Sociology.; Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.; Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
• Physical Description: XIII, 178 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319746272
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74627-2

As globalization processes and related neoliberal agendas promote privatization through state action, people's struggles for rights to water have intensified. In this context, this book examines the role of the ambivalent state in local struggles for water, which are deeply intertwined with global forums that support and/or challenge the privatization of water resources. These local-global struggles have redefined the relationships between the state, corporations, and other social actors that impact the local politics of inequality and marginalization.