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.

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 glo...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: Overview of Water Crisis and Early Approaches to Study of Water
• 2. Between Local Community Challenges and Global Concerns
• 3. Local Struggles for Water Rights
• 4. The Global Forums of Water
• 5. Conclusion: Policy Implications.