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Privatizing water : governance failure and the world's urban water crisis / Karen Bakker.

By: Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c2010.Description: xvi, 303 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780801474644 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
  • 0801474647 (pbk. : alk. paper) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD4456 .B35 2010
Contents:
Governance failure : reframing the urban water supply "crisis" -- Material emblems of citizenship : creating "public" water -- Watering the thirsty poor : the water privatization debate -- Citizens without a city : the techno-politics of urban water governance -- Protesting privatization : transnational struggles over the human right to water -- Commons versus commodities : the ambiguous merits of community water-supply management -- Politics and biopolitics : debating ecological governance.
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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HD 4456 .B35 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5018278

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Governance failure : reframing the urban water supply "crisis" -- Material emblems of citizenship : creating "public" water -- Watering the thirsty poor : the water privatization debate -- Citizens without a city : the techno-politics of urban water governance -- Protesting privatization : transnational struggles over the human right to water -- Commons versus commodities : the ambiguous merits of community water-supply management -- Politics and biopolitics : debating ecological governance.

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