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Water on Tap: Rights And Regulation In The Transnational Governance Of Urban Water Services (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society) - Softcover

Book 26 of 104: Cambridge Studies in Law and Society

Morgan, Bronwen

 
9781107411838: Water on Tap: Rights And Regulation In The Transnational Governance Of Urban Water Services (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

Synopsis

This exploration of local and global conflicts over access to water provides a socio-legal perspective on transnational governance.

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Book Description

Focused on the turbulent upheavals of the 1990s and mid-2000s, this socio-legal exploration of the politics of urban water services assesses two modes of governance - managed liberalization and participatory democracy - that reflect tensions between water viewed as a scarce commodity and as an essential public good.

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