Contesting Water Rights

Mangala Subramaniam is Professor of Sociology and Butler Chair and Director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence at Purdue University, USA. She is a leading scholar in the areas of gender and its intersections with caste and class, social movements, environmental justice, and globalization.

• 1. Introduction: Overview of Water Crisis and Early Approaches to Study of Water.- 2. Between Local Community Challenges and Global Concerns.- 3. Local Struggles for Water Rights.- 4. The Global Forums of Water.- 5. Conclusion: Policy Implications.