The Ethics of Water - From Commodification to Common Ownership
Fioret, Cameron, The Ethics of Water - From Commodification to Common Ownership, (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023).
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Author Fioret, Cameron Title The Ethics of Water - From Commodification to Common Ownership Publication Date 2023 Place of Publication London Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Pages 214 Language eng Abstract In this global approach to climate change and freshwater access, Cameron Fioret explores the harmful effects of water commodification. Making use of deliberative democratic theory, Fioret suggests tools that can change the balance of democratic decision-making power by rethinking the governance of water more broadly. Five main case studies including Detroit, Cochabamba, and Kerala span four continents to convey the global and local scope of normative water issues. These examples draw on contemporary water justice movements to explore how anti-water-commodification struggles can utilize water recommoning practices to make water governance processes more deeply democratic. Highlighting the ethical and sociopolitical ramifications of water injustice, this study moves beyond the surface issue of distributional concerns. To this end, Fioret draws on research in democratic political theory and environmental philosophy to consider what right people have to water, the putative harms of privatizing and commodifying water, common ownership, and legal protections, alongside local and transnational political activism. In navigating these pressing issues, The Ethics of Water provides a searing analysis of water commodification and political domination today. Copyright Holder Author Copyright Year 2023 Copyright type All rights reserved ISBN 1350348805 -
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