LEADER 04850oam 2200757Ka 450 001 9910779576003321 005 20190503073413.0 010 $a0-262-31362-6 010 $a1-299-35604-4 010 $a0-262-31361-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001016627 035 $a(EBL)3339593 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860117 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11519447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860117 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10896511 035 $a(PQKB)11576251 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3339593 035 $a(OCoLC)833158807$z(OCoLC)832605938$z(OCoLC)961640140$z(OCoLC)962653762 035 $a(OCoLC-P)833158807 035 $a(MaCbMITP)9230 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3339593 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10676906 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL466854 035 $a(OCoLC)833158807 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001016627 100 $a20130328d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aContested water $ethe struggle against water privatization in the United States and Canada /$fJoanna L. Robinson 210 $aCambridge, Massachusetts $cThe MIT Press$d[2013] 215 $a1 online resource (255 p.) 225 1 $aUrban and industrial environments 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-262-51839-2 311 $a0-262-01885-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of Globalization; 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems; 2 Globalization and Local Social Movements: Understanding the Dynamics; 3 The Meaning of Water: "The Commons" as a Socially Constructed Discourse; 4 Constructing the Problem: Framing Strategies; 5 The Political Process: Seizing Local and Global Opportunities; 6 Mobilizing Cross-Movement Coalitions; 7 Conclusion: Local Social Movements in an Age of Globalization; Notes 327 $aReferencesIndex; Urban and Industrial Environments Series 330 $a"Attempts by local governments to privatize water services have met with furious opposition. Activists argue that to give private companies control of the water supply is to turn water from a common resource into a marketized commodity. Moreover, to cede local power to a global corporation puts communities at the center of controversies over economic globalization. In Contested Water, Joanna Robinson examines local social movement organizing against water privatization, looking closely at battles for control of local water services in Stockton, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia. The movements in these two communities had different trajectories, used different tactics, and experienced different outcomes. Robinson analyzes the factors that shaped these two struggles. Drawing on extensive interviews with movement actors, political leaders, and policymakers and detailed analysis of textual material, Robinson shows that the successful campaign in Vancouver drew on tactics, opportunities, and narratives from the broader antiglobalization movement, with activists emphasizing the threats to local democracy and accountability; the less successful movement in Stockton centered on a ballot initiative that was made meaningless by a pre-emptive city council vote. Robinson finds that global forces are reshaping local movements, particularly those that oppose neoliberal reforms at the municipal level. She argues that anti-water privatization movements that link local and international concerns and build wide-ranging coalitions at local and global levels offer an effective way to counter economic globalization. Successful challenges to globalization will not necessarily come from transnational movements but rather from movements that are connected globally but rooted in local communities."--Publisher's description. 410 0$aUrban and Industrial Environments 606 $aWater utilities$zUnited States 606 $aWater utilities$zCanada 606 $aMunicipal water supply$zUnited States 606 $aMunicipal water supply$zCanada 606 $aPrivatization$zUnited States 606 $aPrivatization$zCanada 610 $aENVIRONMENT/General 610 $aENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy 615 0$aWater utilities 615 0$aWater utilities 615 0$aMunicipal water supply 615 0$aMunicipal water supply 615 0$aPrivatization 615 0$aPrivatization 676 $a363.6/10973 700 $aRobinson$b Joanna L.$f1971-$01519637 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779576003321 996 $aContested water$93757859 997 $aUNINA