Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations like Nestle, Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local water sources?lakes, streams, and springs?and taking control of public water services. In their drive to privatize and commodify water, they have manipulated and bought politicians, clinched backroom deals, and subverted the democratic process by trying to deny citizens a voice in fundamental decisions about their most essential public resource. The authors' PBS documentary Thirst showed how communities around the world are resisting the privatization and commodification of water. Thirst, the book, picks up where the documentary left off, revealing the emergence of controversial new water wars in the United States and showing how communities here are fighting this battle, often against companies headquartered overseas. Read a review...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/RVGS9OHPKT1.DTL
Product Identifiers
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN-13
9780787984588
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94631604
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Economic Sociology
Author
Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, Michael Fox
Publication Name
Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Management
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
161mm
Item Weight
502g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Michael Fox, Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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