Water Struggles, Citizenship and Governance in Latin America

Author: Castro José Esteban  

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd

ISSN: 1461-7072

Source: Development, Vol.51, Iss.1, 2008-03, pp. : 72-76

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Abstract

José Esteban Castro explores some of the main connections between social struggles over water and the exercise of substantive citizenship and democratic governance in Latin America. He focuses the attention on some of the key analytical distinctions for the study of water struggles in Latin America and elsewhere, and explores the ongoing and emerging trends characterizing these struggles.Development (2008) 51, 72–76. doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100440