Water Grabbing, Capitalist Accumulation and Resistance
Conceptualising the Multiple Dimensions of Class Struggle
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21829629 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Bieler (0000-0002-4475-4213, University of Nottingham), Madelaine Moore (0000-0002-2459-9674, Bielefeld University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Labour Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1918-6711 • E-ISSN: 1918-6711 |
| Publisher | McMaster University Library (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15173/glj.v14i1.5074 |
| OpenAlex | W4318827073 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 24 |
The purpose of this article is to reflect on how we can conceptualise the multiple types of struggles over water. Through a historical materialist engagement with social reproduction theorists, post-colonial interventions and eco-socialism, we argue that capitalist reproduction not only depends on the exploitation of wage labour but also the expropriation of nature and people along different forms of oppression. By focusing on historical processes and the intertwined dynamics necessary for capitalist reproduction, we reveal the internal relations of these struggles to each other and to global capitalism. Moreover, by putting forward a conceptual and methodological guide for how to approach water struggles relationally, we can point to the anti-systemic potential of these struggles. We argue that the diversity of protesters apparent in struggles against water grabbing captures internally related and mediated forms of class struggle, where the terrain of class struggle is inclusive of the whole social factory. KEYWORDS: Class struggle; exploitation; expropriation; primitive accumulation; water grabbing; incorporated comparison
Capitalism · Class conflict · Class formation · Communism · Expropriation · Marxist philosophy · Oppression · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Proletarianization · Reproduction · Resistance (ecology) · Socialism · Sociology · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Ecology · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Water Governance and Infrastructure
Reproducing socio-ecological life from below
Water resource grabbing
River protection movements in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia
Negotiating the public
Confronting multiple global crises
International terrorism in the world-system
Bridging the international political economy of water
Wetland grabbing in the Global South
A privatização da água e a luta pelos bens comuns
Decolonising water resource allocations
River grabbing from the source
Reading Capital Politically
The Financialization of Water
Capitalism in the web of life
Capital
Theorising ‘racial/colonial primitive accumulation’
Constructing Another World
Liquid gold or the source of life? Understanding water commodification as a contradictory and contested political project
Some reflections on two books by Ellen Wood
The Evolution of Private Provision in Urban Drinking Water
Democracy Against Capitalism
Financialising urban water infrastructure
Neoliberal Versus Postneoliberal Water
Hidden in Plain Sight
Commodification and ‘the commons
Capitalism
World-Systems Analysis, Globalization, and Incorporated Comparison
Incorporating Comparison within a World-Historical Perspective
Movements Making Knowledge
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |