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  • Jul 2024

Against Water Privatization

Critiquing Neoliberal Water Policy

Palgrave Macmillan

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About this book

This book addresses water privatization from a historical-sociological perspective and rejects claims of 'neutrality' from actors across the political spectrum who are responsible for neoliberal water policies, interrogating the ethics of political pragmatism.

Keywords

  • ethics
  • politics
  • privatization
  • service
  • sociology
  • utopia

Authors and Affiliations

  • Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    Esteban Castro

About the author

JOSÉ ESTEBAN CASTRO is Professor of Sociology, Newcastle University, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Against Water Privatization

  • Book Subtitle: Critiquing Neoliberal Water Policy

  • Authors: Esteban Castro

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2024

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-21210-7Due: 11 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31788-9Due: 11 August 2024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 224