"The people" and resistance against international business: The case of the Bolivian "water war"

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 299-320

  Otto, Birke ^a   Böhm, Steffen ^b  

^a University of Essex ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Government policy; International business; Privatization; Social action; Water industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750465863     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040610706631     Document Type: Article

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