Opposing currents : the politics of water and gender in Latin America / edited by Vivienne Bennett, Sonia Dávila-Poblete, and María Nieves Rico.

Other author Bennett, Vivienne, 1953-
Other author Dávila-Poblete, Sonia.
Other author Rico, Nieves.
Format Book
Publication InfoPittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxii, 250 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Water-supply--Government policy. --Latin America.
Water-supply--Social aspects. --Latin America.
Women in development--Latin America.

SeriesPitt Latin American series
Pitt Latin American series. ^A223435
Contents The connection between gender and water management / Margreet Zwarteveen and Vivienne Bennett -- Global water and gender policies : Latin American challenges / Sonia Dávila-Poblete and María Nieves Rico -- Gender dimensions of neoliberal water policy in Mexico and Bolivia: empowering or disempowering / Rhodante Ahlers -- Women in the "water war" in the Cochabamba valleys / Rocío Bustamente, Elizabeth Peredo, and María Esther Udaeta -- To make waves: water and privatization in Tucumán, Argentina / Norma Giarracca and Norma del Pozo -- Irrigation management, the participatory approach, and equity in an Andean community / Juana Rosa Vera Delgado -- Water as a source of equity and empowerment in Costa Rica / Lorena Aguilar -- Women, equity, and household water management in the valley of Mexico / Michael C. Ennis-McMillan -- Women and water in the northern Ecuadorean Andes / Elena P. Bastidas -- Women at the helm of irrigated agriculture in Mexico: the other side of male migration / Stephanie Buechler -- Toward a broader perspective / Vivienne Bennett, Sonia Dávila-Poblete, and Maria Nieves Rico.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.
LCCN 2004015716
ISBN0822958546 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HD1696.5.L37 O66 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold