Human Right to Water: Contemporary Challenges and Contours of a Global Debate

Antipode

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 932-949

  Mirosa, Oriol ^a   Harris, Leila M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human rights; Privatization; Social movements; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HUMAN RIGHTS; NEOLIBERALISM; PLANNING THEORY; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; WATER DEMAND;

EID: 84860697966     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00929.x     Document Type: Article

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