Thirst
fighting the corporate theft of our water
by Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, and Michael Fox
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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.
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Nonfiction, Politics, Privatization, Science, Social aspects, Social aspects of Privatization, Social aspects of Water resources development, Water resources development, Management of land & natural resources, Social impact of disasters, Politics / Current Events, Political Science, Politics/International Relations, Economic Conditions, Political Science / General, National resources| Edition | Availability |
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Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water
2009, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Thirst: fighting the corporate theft of our water
2007, Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint, Jossey-Bass
in English
0787984582 9780787984588
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Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water
March 16, 2007, Jossey-Bass
Hardcover
in English
0787984582 9780787984588
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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
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