Andrea Ballestero, "A Future History of Water" (Duke UP, 2019)
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Water, a Human Right
In a sense, the household is now a statistical a calculation of the kinds of objects that are purchased by a family at a particular point in time. And this is something that they arrived at by aggregating the purchases of the households all around the country. The third chapter follows the struggle of over many, many years to change the constitution so that water is recognized as a human right and also as a public good. It was just really, so fascinating to look at the lists of things, candles, pantios, beats, a medical services,. cable to te a, rice beans.
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