The Dialectics of Equity: Consumer Citizenship and the Extension of Water Supply in Medellín, Colombia

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1176-1192

  Furlong, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colombia; consumer citizen; neoliberalism; public services; water

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CITIZENSHIP; NEOLIBERALISM; PUBLIC SERVICE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIOQUIA [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; MEDELLIN;

EID: 84883475431     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.782599     Document Type: Article

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