This volume broadens existing discussions on the right to water in order to critically shed light on the pathways, pitfalls, prospects, and constraints that exist in achieving global goals, as well as advance debates around water governance and water justice.

Farhana Sultana is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.

Alex Loftus is Reader in the Department of Geography at King's College London, UK.

Foreword by Leo Heller 1. The right to water in a global context: Challenges and transformations in Water Politics 2. Valuing Water: Rights, Resilience, and the UN High-Level Panel on Water 3. Making Space for Practical Authority: Policy Formalization and The Right to Water in Mexico 4. Turning to Traditions: Three Cultural-Religious Articulations of Fresh Waters' Value(s) in Contemporary Governance Frameworks 5. The Right to Bring Waters into Being 6. The Rights to Water and Food: Exploring the Synergies 7. Water-Security Capabilities and the Human Right to Water 8. Rights on the Edge of the City: Realizing of the Right to Water in Informal Settlements in Bolivia 9. Human Right to Water and Bottled Water Consumption: Governing at the Intersection of Water Justice, Rights, and Ethics 10. Against the Trend: Structure and Agency in the Struggle for Public Water in Europe 11. Remunicipalization and the Human Right to Water: A Signifier Half Full? 12. Citizen Mobilization for Water: The Case of Thessaloniki, Greece 13. Race, Austerity and Water in the US: Fighting for the Human Right to Water in Detroit and Flint, Michigan 14. Class, race, space and the 'right to sanitation': The limits of neoliberal toilet technologies in Durban, South Africa Index