Recent waves of water governance: Constitutional reform and resistance to neoliberalization in Latin America (1990-2012)

Geoforum

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-30

  Harris, Leila M ^a   Roa García, María Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constitutional reform; Human Right to Water; Latin America; Water privatization

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; NEOLIBERALISM; PRIVATIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84883594890     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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