Dear water forum members
I was wondering whether subscribers on this list had any commentary to
offer on the UBC scholar, Karen Bakker's excellent recent paper on water
in the recent Antipode (citation below). For a researcher like myself (who
is working on intersectoral conflict over water in India), the article
came at a very good time, given the intensity of the water rights versus
commons debate in the Indian context. Bakker puts the focus on this debate
and makes a persuasive case for actvists to not overly focus on water
rights.
I am writing this message so as to provoke a discussion on this list on
the arguments in this paper from scholars working in other geographical
contexts.
regards
Bharat
Karen Bakker (2007)
The "Commons" Versus the "Commodity": Alter-globalization, Anti-
privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South
Antipode 39 (3), 430–455.
Bharat Punjabi
Phd Candidate
Department of Geography
Social Science Centre
The University of Western Ontario
1151 Richmond Street
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2
Tel: 519 661-3423, Fax: 519 661-3750
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