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Commodification and ‘the commons’: the politics of privatising public water in Greece and Portugal during the Eurozone Crisis

Bieler, Andreas; Jordan, Jamie

Authors

Jamie Jordan



Abstract

In response to the Eurozone crisis, austerity and restructuring has been imposed on the European Union’s (EU) peripheral member states in order to receive financial bailout loans. In addition to cuts in funding of essential public services, cuts in public sector employment and further liberalisation of labour markets, this has also included pressure towards the privatisation of state assets. And yet, workers have not simply accepted these restructuring pressures. They have organised and fought back against austerity and enforced privatisation. Based on a historical materialist perspective and following a strategy of incorporated comparison, in this paper we will comparatively assess the struggles against enforced water privatisation in Greece and Portugal set against the background of the structuring conditions surrounding the Eurozone crisis.

Citation

Bieler, A., & Jordan, J. (2018). Commodification and ‘the commons’: the politics of privatising public water in Greece and Portugal during the Eurozone Crisis. European Journal of International Relations, 24(4), 934-957. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066117728383

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 2, 2017
Online Publication Date Sep 22, 2017
Publication Date Dec 1, 2018
Deposit Date Sep 11, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal European Journal of International Relations
Print ISSN 1354-0661
Electronic ISSN 1460-3713
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 24
Issue 4
Pages 934-957
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1354066117728383
Keywords Eurozone crisis, Greece, Portugal, privatisation, resistance, water struggles
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/884024
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1354066117728383

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