Siren song
Subtitle: Chilean water law as a model for international reform
By: Carl J. Bauer.
Publisher: Resources for the Future
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Water -- Law and legislation -- Chile.; Water -- Government policy -- Chile.; Water-supply -- Chile.; Water -- Government policy.
Description: "Siren Song is an interdisciplinary analysis combining law, political economy, and geography. Carl Bauer places the Chilean model of water law in international context by reviewing the contemporary debate about water economics and policy reform. He follows with an account of the Chilean experience, drawing on primary and secondary sources in Spanish and English, including interviews with key people in Chile. He presents the debate about reforming the law after Chile's 1990 return to democratic government, as well as emerging views about how water markets have worked in practice. The resulting book provides insights about law, economics, and public policy within Chile and lessons for the countries around the world that are wrestling with the challenges of water policy reform."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-164) and index.
"An RFF Press book"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The international context : the water crisis and debates about water policy; title: The free-market model : Chile's 1981 water code; title: Reforming the reform? : policy debate under Chilean democracy; title: The results of Chilean water markets : empirical research since 1990; title: Conclusions and lessons about the Chilean experience.