Stemming the tide : human rights and water policy in a neoliberal world /

When privatization of public services swept the developing world in the 1990s, it was part of a seemingly unstoppable tide of neoliberal reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state and reorienting economies toward market-led policymaking. Consequently, water privatization sparked a fierce debate...

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Main Author: Baer, Madeline (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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Summary:When privatization of public services swept the developing world in the 1990s, it was part of a seemingly unstoppable tide of neoliberal reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state and reorienting economies toward market-led policymaking. Consequently, water privatization sparked a fierce debate over whether public services should be owned and managed by private corporations, and gave rise to a water justice movement that redefined water services as basic human rights. Stemming the Tide explores how the human right to water and sanitation is fulfilled in different contexts, whether neolibe.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190693169
0190693169
9780190693183
0190693185