Water Politics

By Farhana Sultana (editor), Alex Loftus (editor),

Book cover of Water Politics: Governance, Justice and the Right to Water

Book description

Scholarship on the right to water has proliferated in interesting and unexpected ways in recent years. This book broadens existing discussions on the right to water in order to shed critical light on the pathways, pitfalls, prospects, and constraints that exist in achieving global goals, as well as advancing debates…


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1 author picked Water Politics as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The book provides an excellent collection of the different ways of how ‘the right to water,’ affirmed by the United Nations in 2010, has been taken up around the world in the struggles against water grabbing and for access to this essential source of life.

While taking stock of debates around ‘the right to water,’ the various contributions also point to novel ways of how to secure this right. 

From Andreas' list on struggles against water grabbing.

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