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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bieler, Andreas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Europe--Economic aspects.

Water-supply.

Water-supply--Europe--Political aspects.

Water resources development--Europe--Economic aspects.

Water resources development.

Privatization--Europe.

Privatization.

Water rights--Europe.

Water rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2021.

Summary:

"In the wake of the global financial crisis, neoliberal restructuring has continued unabated across Europe, with the privatisation of public services a key element of both national austerity policies, and EU-level economic governance structures. Water services in particular have been at the centre of this neoliberal assault - in Greece, the Eurozone crisis has been used as an excuse to impose water privatisation in exchange for bailout agreements. In parallel, the struggle against water privatisation has continued to pick up pace; from the re-municipalisation of water in Grenoble in 2000, to the United Nations declaration of water as a human right in 2010. In Fighting for Water, Andreas Bieler draws on years of extensive fieldwork to dissect the underlying dynamics of the struggle for public water in Europe. From the successful referendum against water privatisation in Italy, via the European Citizenship initiative on 'Water and Sanitation are a Human Right', to the struggles against water privatisation in Greece and water charges in Ireland, Bieler shows why water has been a fruitful arena for resistance against neoliberal restructuring."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Chapter 1 - Resisting water privatisation: An introduction

Chapter 2 - Capitalism's relentless thirst for accumulation

Chapter 3 - Mobilising from below: the victory in the Italian water referendum

Chapter 4 - Water is a Human Right: The first European Citizens' Initiative over public water

Chapter 5 - Contesting the Troika: resistance in Greece against imposed water privatisation

Chapter 6 - 'We will strike, we will fight, water is a human right': The Irish people rise up

Chapter 7 - Transforming capitalism towards the commons?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781786997739

1786997738

9780755640409

0755640403

9781786997746

1786997746

OCLC:

1241540045