Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit by Vandana Shiva (English) Pape

Description: Water Wars by Vandana Shiva Originally published: Cambridge, MA: South End Press, c2002. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Acclaimed author and award-winning scientist and activist Vandana Shiva lucidly details the severity of the global water shortage, calling the water crisis "the most pervasive, most severe, and most invisible dimension of the ecological devastation of the earth." She sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate maneuvers to convert the life-sustaining resource of water into more gold for the elites and uses her knowledge of science and society to outline the emergence of corporate culture and the historical erosion of communal water rights. Using the international water trade and industrial activities such as damming, mining, and aquafarming as her lens, Shiva exposes the destruction of the earth and the disenfranchisement of the worlds poor as they are stripped of rights to a precious common good. Revealing how many of the most important conflicts of our time, most often camouflaged as ethnic wars or religious wars, are in fact conflicts over scarce but vital natural resources, she calls for a movement to preserve water access for all and offers a blueprint for global resistance based on examples of successful campaigns. Featuring a new introduction by the author, this edition of Water Wars celebrates the spiritual and traditional role water has played in communities throughout history and warns that water privatization threatens cultures and livelihoods worldwide. Author Biography Vandana Shiva is a physicist, world-renowned environmental thinker and activist, and a tireless crusader for economic, food, and gender justice. She is the author and editor of many influential books, including Making Peace with the Earth, Earth Democracy, Soil Not Oil, Stolen Harvest, Biopiracy, and Globalizations New Wars. Dr. Shiva is the recipient of more than twenty international awards, among them the Right Livelihood Award (1993); the John Lennon-Yoko Ono Grant for Peace (2008); The Sydney Peace Prize (2010); and the Calgary Peace Prize (Canada, 2011). In addition, she is a board member of the World Future Council and one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization (whose other members include Jerry Mander, Edward Goldsmith, Ralph Nader, and Jeremy Rifkin). She travels frequently to speak at conferences around the world. Review "An excellent starting point for anyone who wants to understand the forces driving water scarcity today and threatening its future supply." —Womens Review of Books "A chilling, in-depth examination of the rapidly emerging global crisis." —In These Times "Shiva is a burst of creative energy, an intellectual power." —The Progressive "One of the worlds most prominent radical scientists." —The Guardian Review Quote "An excellent starting point for anyone who wants to understand the forces driving water scarcity today and threatening its future supply." --Womens Review of Books Details ISBN1623170729 Author Vandana Shiva Short Title WATER WARS Pages 192 Language English ISBN-10 1623170729 ISBN-13 9781623170721 Media Book Format Paperback Residence US Affiliation Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, New Delhi, In DEWEY 333.91 Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-07-26 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-07-26 NZ Release Date 2016-07-26 US Release Date 2016-07-26 UK Release Date 2016-07-26 Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S. Place of Publication Berkeley, CA Subtitle Privatization, Pollution, and Profit Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137915703;

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