Screen LibraryFighting for water : resisting privatization in Europe /
"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 cen...
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Zed Books,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2021. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| 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."-- |
| Carrier Form: | x, 210 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [178]-206) and index. |
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9781786995087 1786995085 |
| Index Number: | HD4465 |
| CLC: | TU991.95 |
| Call Number: | TU991.95/B587 |
| Contents: | Resisting water privatisation: An introduction -- Capitalism's relentless thirst for accumulation -- Mobilising from below: the victory in the Italian water referendum -- Water is a Human Right: The first European Citizens' Initiative over public water -- Contesting the Troika: resistance in Greece against imposed water privatisation -- 'We will strike, we will fight, water is a human right': The Irish people rise up -- Transforming capitalism towards the commons? |