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Water justice and Europe's Right2Water movement.
- Source :
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International Journal of Water Resources Development . Jan2022, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p173-191. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In 2013 the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) 'Right2Water' collected 1.9 million signatures across Europe against water privatization. It became the first ever successful ECI and has built a Europe-wide movement. Right2Water sought for Europe's legal enforcement of the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS) as a strategic political tool to challenge European Union market policies. The paper examines the ECI from a social movement perspective. Although the European Commission subscribed that 'water is a public good, not a commodity', its implementation is subject to continuing politics and socio-political struggle, with growing urgency in times of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *COVID-19 pandemic
*WATER rights
*SOCIAL movements
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07900627
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Water Resources Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153950853
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2021.1898347