Democracy and Global Water Politics in Historical Perspective. Against Water Privatization

Jose Esteban Castro, Democracy and Global Water Politics in Historical Perspective. Against water privatization. London: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2024. Hardcover ISBN 978-0-230-21210-7. eBook ISBN 978-1-137-31788-9DOI:https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-31788-9.

Endorsements

“This book surgically dissects the perverse relation between water privatization
and the slow but insistent decline of democracy. Jose Esteban Castro demonstrates
conclusively that privatisation is not only socially devastating but undermines the
very foundations of democracy. A must-read for all those concerned with the present
state of the world and its environments.”
—Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester, UK

“This very important book puts the commercialisation, and now financialisation, of water supplies in historical context and delivers a devastating critique of its failures across the world.”
—William Outhwaite, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UK

“The politics of water has become a key issue in this century of droughts and floods. Jose Esteban Castro’s book is a rare knowledgeable social analysis of it.”
—Göran Therborn, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK.

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