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Fighting for water : resisting privatization in Europe / Andreas Bieler.

Lippincott Library HD4456 .B54 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bieler, Andreas, 1967- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Water-supply--Europe.
Water-supply.
Water utilities--Europe.
Water utilities.
Water utilities--Privatization--Europe.
Municipal water supply--Political aspects--Europe.
Municipal water supply.
Water utilities--Deregulation--Europe.
Right to water--Europe.
Right to water.
Deregulation.
Privatization.
Europe.
Physical Description:
x, 210 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
London : Zed Books, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2021.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Resisting Water Privatization: An Introduction
Introduction
Conceptualizing water struggles
Overview of the book
Notes
ch. 2 Capitalism's Relentless Thirst for Accumulation
Capitalist accumulation and the relentless drive to outward expansion
The global economic crisis of the 1970s and its resolution
Global financial crisis, transnational capital and the privatization of water
Conclusion
ch. 3 Mobilizing from Below: Victory in the Italian Water Referendum
The road to victory
La lotta continua: The aftermath of the 2011 referendum
Ongoing struggles: The examples of Arezzo, Turin and Naples
Conclusion: Lasting legacies of the Italian water movement
ch. 4 Water is a Human Right: The First European Citizens' Initiative Over Public Water
Mobilizing for change
EU policy-making within capitalist structuring conditions
Conclusion: Links of transnational solidarity
ch. 5 Contesting the Troika: Resistance in Greece Against Imposed Water Privatization
In the claws of the Eurozone crisis
Fighting against water privatization
Capital strikes back
Conclusion: Residues of resistance
Note
ch. 6 `We Will Strike, We Will Fight, Water is a Human Right': The Irish People Rise Up
From agricultural autarky to export-oriented development
Social partnership and the lack of resistance against austerity
The Irish people rise up: No to water charges
Conclusion: In search of new forms of democracy
ch. 7 Transforming Capitalism Towards the Commons?
Key factors sustaining the success of water struggles
The human right to water as a progressive strategy?
Participatory democracy and the transformation of water
Conclusion: Open-ended struggles over the future of water
Notes.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-206) and index.
Other Format:
ebook version :
ISBN:
9781786993250
1786993252
9781786995087
1786995085
OCLC:
1246540016
Publisher Number:
99988528591

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