{"product_id":"water-for-all-9780520381643","title":"Water for All","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWater for All chronicles how Bolivians democratized water access, focusing on the Cochabamba region, which is known for acute water scarcity and explosive water protests. Sarah T. Hines examines conflict and compromises over water from the 1870s to the 2010s, showing how communities of water users increased supply and extended distribution through collective labor and social struggle. Analyzing a wide variety of sources, from agrarian reform case records to oral history interviews, Hines investigates how water dispossession in the late nineteenth century and reclaimed water access in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries prompted, shaped, and strengthened popular and indigenous social movements. The struggle for democratic control over water culminated in the successful 2000 Water War, a decisive turning point for Bolivian politics. This story offers lessons for contemporary resource management and grassroots movements about how humans can build equitable, democratic, and sustainabl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWater for All\u003c\/i\u003e beautifully illustrates the relevance and the power of history as a discipline. It should be of interest to historians of Bolivia and anyone else interested in unearthing the long roots of Latin American discontent that still justify much of the political struggle in the region today.\" * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Hines masterfully illuminates the historical roots of grassroots water mobilization.\" * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e List of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e A Note on Terminology \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. Water for Those Who Own It: Drought, Dispossession, and\u003cbr\u003e    Modernization in the Liberal Era \u003cbr\u003e 2. Engineering Water Reform: Military Socialism and Hydraulic\u003cbr\u003e    Development \u003cbr\u003e 3. Water for Those Who Use It: Agrarian Reform and Hydraulic\u003cbr\u003e    Revolution \u003cbr\u003e 4. Popular Engineering: Hydraulic Governance and Expertise under\u003cbr\u003e    Dictatorship \u003cbr\u003e 5. The Water Is Ours: Water Privatization and War in Neoliberal Bolivia \u003cbr\u003e 6. After the War: Water and the Making of Plurinational Bolivia \u003cbr\u003e    Conclusion: Water for All \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Maximum Holdings under the 1953 Agrarian Reform Decree Law \u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index ","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083521990999,"sku":"9780520381643","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520381643.jpg?v=1725549208","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/water-for-all-9780520381643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}