Privatizing social reproduction: The primitive accumulation of water in an era of neoliberalism

Antipode

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 535-560

  Roberts, Adrienne ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commodification; Neoliberalism; Primitive accumulation; Social reproduction; Water privatization

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MARXISM; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 51249109051     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2008.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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