'People is all that is left to privatize': Water supply privatization, globalization and social justice in Belize City, Belize

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 789-808

  Mustafa, Daanish ^a   Reeder, Philip ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Belize; Caribbean; Colonialism; Discursive formation; Globalization; Identity; Neoliberalism; Privatization; Social power; Urban water supply

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; NEOLIBERALISM; PERCEPTION; POLICY MAKING; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN SYSTEM; WATER SUPPLY;

BELIZE [BELIZE (NTN)]; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA;

EID: 70350401781     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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