Dispossessing H2O: the contested terrain of water privatization
@article{Swyngedouw2005DispossessingHT, title={Dispossessing H2O: the contested terrain of water privatization}, author={Erik Swyngedouw}, journal={Capitalism Nature Socialism}, year={2005}, volume={16}, pages={81 - 98} }
This paper considers how tactics of “accumulation by dispossession” have become pivotal strategies in contemporary global accumulation dynamics. This will be assessed in the context of the recent waves of privatization and de-collectivization of water – in particular, urban water – resources around the world. In the first part of the paper, the current wave of neoliberal privatization policies is contextualized historically and politically. In a subsequent part, the central and contradictory…
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