{"product_id":"opposing-currents-9780822958543","title":"Opposing Currents","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of essays examining the intersection between water conservation and women's roles in a variety of Latin American settings—rural and urban, across a range of countries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOpposing Currents provides a comprehensive overview of women's disadvantages with respect to water rights in Latin America and why and how this matters. In a series of lively essays, the authors in this volume demonstrate that women are central in the provision, management, and safeguarding of water [and] make a compelling case for a gender perspective in water policy, water management, and water projects. -Carmen Diana Deere, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; \"\"Offers an innovative interpretation of the interaction of two powerful currents: competition for access to scarce usable water in societies undergoing wrenching socioeconomic change, and the emerging influence of women as a significant political force in Latin America\"\"-John J. Bailey, Georgetown University","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151143498071,"sku":"9780822958543","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822958543.jpg?v=1762960303","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/opposing-currents-9780822958543","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}