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Thirst : Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water by Snitow, Alan(Contributor);Kaufman, Deborah is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Thirst : Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water about?

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: //(http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/RVGS9OHPKT1.DTL) www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=...

Who reads Thirst : Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water?

Author

Snitow, Alan(Contributor);Kaufman, Deborah

Publisher

Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint; Jossey-Bass

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780787984588

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Economics, Management, Political Science