Minding the undertow: Assessing water "Privatization" in Cuba

Antipode

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-45

  Cocq, Karen ^a   McDonald, David A ^b  

^a Inter Pares   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commodification; Cuba; Privatization; Socialism; Water

Indexed keywords

MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; NEOLIBERALISM; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PRIVATIZATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SOCIALISM; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

CUBA;

EID: 74949108413     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2009.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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