Description: This volume broadens existing discussions on the right to water in order to critically shed light on the pathways, pitfalls, prospects, and constraints that exist in achieving global goals, as well as advance debates around water governance and water justice.
Review Quotes:
"The right to water remains elusive for a great number of people around the world. Despite decades of efforts by activists, policy-makers, and committed scholars, access to water remains deeply contested and unevenly distributed. This superb collection teases out why this is the case and, more importantly, presents a range of actions and principles, mobilised by a great variety of communities, that open possible pathways for a more just, democratic and egalitarian distribution of a key resource for securing livelihood. This is a must read for all those who still believe that a more humane, sustainable, and egalitarian access to the earth's waters is not only desirable, but necessary."- Professor Erik Swyngedouw, The University of Manchester, UK and Honorary Doctor of Roskilde University, Denmark and University of Malmö, Sweden
"The world faces a growing water crisis. This is not just about water availability, but about distribution: who gets what and how water is used. Sultana and Loftus' book is groundbreaking. It provides a narrative of and pathways to water justice. It is a must read for anyone who cares water and our common future." - Professor R. Quentin Grafton, The Australian National University and the UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance "This collection of essays provides much-needed intellectual inspiration for re-imagining water. Its clear message is that realizing the right to water involves re-organizing and re-thinking ways of relating to water, but also requires engaging with the wider transformations needed to make this world more sustainable and just." - Professor Margreet Zwarteveen, Professor of Water Governance, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands