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Property and the Right to Water

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  • Jeremy J. Schmidt

    (University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada)

  • Kyle R. Mitchell

    (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK)

Abstract

This paper examines the turn to considerations of property in arguments regarding the commons and the human right to water. It identifies commitments to liberalism in political economy approaches to property and human rights and develops a matrix for identifying non-liberal conceptions of the commons. The latter holds potential for an agonistic politics in which human rights are compatible with ecological sensibilities regarding the dynamics of conflict and cooperation in complex systems.

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  • Jeremy J. Schmidt & Kyle R. Mitchell, 2014. "Property and the Right to Water," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 46(1), pages 54-69, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:46:y:2014:i:1:p:54-69
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    Keywords

    human rights; commons; liberalism; property; water;
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    JEL classification:

    • P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water

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