Privatizing water: governance failure and the world's urban water crisis

Abstract

Introduction: Privatization and the Urban Water CrisisPart I. Development, Urbanization, and the Governance of Thirst 1. Governance Failure: Reframing the Urban Water Supply Crisis 2. Material Emblems of Citizenship: Creating Public Water 3. Watering the Thirsty Poor: The Water Privatization Debate 4. Citizens without a City: The Techno-Politics of Urban Water GovernancePart II. Beyond Privatization: Debating Alternatives 5. Protesting Privatization: Transnational Struggles over the Human Right to Water 6. Commons versus Commodities: The Ambiguous Merits of Community Water-Supply Management 7 Politics and Biopolitics: Debating Ecological GovernanceConclusion: Beyond PrivatizationNotes References Index -- Cornell University Press

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