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The introductory chapter provides context for the central issues explored in the book, introduces the country cases, and highlights the book’s contribution to scholarship and to water policy. The chapter provides an overview of the global water crisis and explains the rise of water privatization as part of the neoliberal development agenda. It introduces Chile and Bolivia as iconic cases in global water policy circles; Chile as a paradigmatic case of water privatization, and Bolivia as the birthplace of the human right to water and sanitation. The chapter also introduces the global aspects of the book, including the international campaign for the human right to water, the nature of economic, social, and cultural human rights, and the relationship of these rights to more mainstream civil and political rights. The chapter also explains the book’s research methodology and approach.
Title: Introduction
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The introductory chapter provides context for the central issues explored in the book, introduces the country cases, and highlights the book’s contribution to scholarship and to water policy.
The chapter provides an overview of the global water crisis and explains the rise of water privatization as part of the neoliberal development agenda.
It introduces Chile and Bolivia as iconic cases in global water policy circles; Chile as a paradigmatic case of water privatization, and Bolivia as the birthplace of the human right to water and sanitation.
The chapter also introduces the global aspects of the book, including the international campaign for the human right to water, the nature of economic, social, and cultural human rights, and the relationship of these rights to more mainstream civil and political rights.
The chapter also explains the book’s research methodology and approach.
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