In many areas of the world, including large parts of the United States, scarce water supplies are a serious resource and environmental concern. The possibility exists that water is being used at rates that exceed what would be dictated by efficiency criteria, particularly when externalities are...

Intro -- Contents -- 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:...