The Human Right to Water: Theory, Practice and Prospects

doi:10.1017/9780511862601

In a short space of time, the right to water has emerged from relative obscurity to claim a prominent place in human rights theory and practice. This book explores this rise descriptively and prescriptively. It analyses the recognition, use and partly impact, of the right to water in international and comparative law, civil society mobilisation and public policy. It also scrutinises the normative implications of the right to water with a focus on challenges and puzzles it creates for law and policymaking. These questions are explored globally and comparatively within different dynamics of the sector - water allocation, water access and urban and rural water reform - and in conjunction with the right to sanitation. This multi-disciplinary volume reveals the diverse ways in which the right to water has been adopted, but also its limitations when faced with the realities of political economy, political ecology and partly, traditional legal thought.

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17 - A Poor Choice? Public Policy, Social Choice and the Right to Water
pp 601-602
- By Robert A. Hope
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18 - Socio-Cultural Norms, Human Rights and Access to Water and Sanitation
pp 603-623
- By Nandita Singh
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19 - Reflections on the Right to Water from a Political Ecology Perspective
pp 624-643
Tensions in Zimbabwe’s Water Governance
- By Bill Derman, Emmanuel Manzungu
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20 - The Right to Water in Rural India and Drinking Water Policy Reforms
pp 644-676
- By Philippe Cullet
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List of Cases
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17 - A Poor Choice? Public Policy, Social Choice and the Right to Water
pp 601-602

18 - Socio-Cultural Norms, Human Rights and Access to Water and Sanitation
pp 603-623

19 - Reflections on the Right to Water from a Political Ecology Perspective
pp 624-643

20 - The Right to Water in Rural India and Drinking Water Policy Reforms
pp 644-676

List of Cases
pp 677-694

Index
pp 695-700

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Theory, Practice and Prospects

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17 - A Poor Choice? Public Policy, Social Choice and the Right to Water pp 601-602

18 - Socio-Cultural Norms, Human Rights and Access to Water and Sanitation pp 603-623

19 - Reflections on the Right to Water from a Political Ecology Perspective pp 624-643

20 - The Right to Water in Rural India and Drinking Water Policy Reforms pp 644-676

List of Cases pp 677-694

Index pp 695-700

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17 - A Poor Choice? Public Policy, Social Choice and the Right to Water
pp 601-602

18 - Socio-Cultural Norms, Human Rights and Access to Water and Sanitation
pp 603-623

19 - Reflections on the Right to Water from a Political Ecology Perspective
pp 624-643

20 - The Right to Water in Rural India and Drinking Water Policy Reforms
pp 644-676

List of Cases
pp 677-694

Index
pp 695-700