The Right to Water: Politics, Governance and Social Struggles

Book Overview

The right to clean water has been adopted by the United Nations as a basic human right. Yet how such universal calls for a right to water are understood, negotiated, experienced and struggled over remain key challenges. The Right to Water elucidates how universal calls for rights articulate with local historical geographical contexts, governance, politics and social struggles, thereby highlighting the challenges and the possibilities that exist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849713596
• ISBN13: 9781849713597
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"