Water Governance in Bolivia

This book examines water remunicipalization in Cochabamba since the Water War, helping to move debates on water services beyond the paralyzing binary of public versus private with a focus on the contested terrain of community engagement around water services.

Autorentext

Nasya Sara Razavi received her PhD in Human Geography at Queen's University, Canada. Her research lies at the intersection of urban transformations and inequalities in peri-urban Bolivia, as changing infrastructure and severe water shortages shape public participation, gendered insecurities, and everyday practices. She is currently Research Associate at the City Institute at York University, Canada, and lead researcher for the Cochabamba team on the feminist comparative urban research project GenUrb (Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: A Transformative Knowledge Network).

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Remunicipalization 2. Protracted water crisis in the garden city 3. What is social control? A typology of public participation 4. "Semapa es de los Cochabambinos": Participation and social control in the Cochabamba water sector 5. Participatory mechanisms beyond Semapa 6. Conclusion: Building a common path