Publications

IN ENGLISH

Articles in academic journals

• J. E. Castro, “Water struggles, citizenship and governance in Latin America”, Development (ISSN: 1011-6370), 2008 Vol 51, #1, pp. 72-76.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.development.1100440.

• J. E. Castro, “Neoliberal water and sanitation policies as a failed development strategy: lessons from developing countries”, in Ed Brown (ed.), Progress in Development Studies, Special Issue on “GATS and development: the case of the water sector”, 2008, Vol 8, #1, pp. 63-83.

• J. E. Castro, “Systemic conditions affecting the universalisation of water and sanitation services: a sociological exploration”, In J. E. Castro, L. Heller, and M Drakeford (eds.), Special Issue on “Comparative experiences in the provision of water and sanitation services: challenges and opportunities for achieving universal access”, Journal of Comparative Social Welfare, (ISSN: 1748-684X [electronic] 1748-6831 [paper]), Vol. 23, #2, 2007, pp. 105-119.
DOI: 10.1080/17486830701494590
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17486830701494590.

• J. E. Castro, “Poverty and citizenship: sociological perspectives on water services and public-private participation”, in Geoforum, Special Issue on “‘Pro-poor’ water? The privatization and global poverty debate” (ISSN: 0016-7185), Vol. 38, #5, 2007, pp. 756-771.
doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2005.12.006
www.elsevier.com/locate/geoforum.

• J. E. Castro, “Water governance in the twentieth-first century”, in Ambiente e Sociedade, University of Campinas, Brazil, (ISSN 1414-753X) Vol. 10, #2, 2007, pp. 97-118 (doi: 10.1590/S1414-753X2007000200007).

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Books

• J. E. Castro, Against Water Privatization. Critiquing Neoliberal Water Policy, Houndmills, Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave-Macmillan (expected 2009).

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Chapter in books

• J. E. Castro, “Private sector participation in water and sanitation services: the right answer to public sector failures?”, in Claudia Ringer, Asit Biswas, and Sarah. A. Cline (eds.) Globalization and Trade: Implications for Water and Food Security, Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IPPRI) (in press).

• J. E. Castro, “The interdisciplinary challenge in water policy: the case of ‘water governance’”, in E. Cabrera (Ed.), Water Engineering and Management Throughout the Times (Learning from history). Water Institute, Poly-technical University of Valencia (in press)

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IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Edition of academic journals

• J. E. Castro and M. Lacabana, Special Issue on “Agua y Desarrollo en América Latina” (Water and Development in Latin America), Cuadernos del CENDES (ISSN 1012-2508), #59, Caracas: Centre for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 2005. The dossier features articles based on recent research projects the situation of water and sanitation services in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela.

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Articles in academic journals

• D. Azpiazu, M. Schorr, E. Crenzel, G. Forte, and J. C. Marín, “Agua potable y saneamiento en Argentina: Privatizaciones, crisis, inequidades e incertidumbre futura” (Potable water and sanitation in Argentina: privatizations, crisis, inequities, and future uncertainty), in “Agua y Desarrollo en América Latina” (Water and Development in Latin America), Cuadernos del CENDES (ISSN 1012-2508), #59, Caracas: Centre for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 2005, pp. 45-68.

• J. E. Castro, “La privatización de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en América Latina” (The privatization of water and sanitation services in Latin America), in Nueva Sociedad, Special Issue on “Privatizaciones, 15 años después” (Privatizations, 15 Years Later), (ISSN 0251-3552), #207, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, January-February 2007, pp. 93-112.

• J. E. Castro and Miguel Lacabana, “Agua y desarrollo en América Latina: por una democracia sustantiva en la gestión del agua y sus servicios” (Water and development in Latin America: for a substantive democracy in the management of water and water services),in “Agua y Desarrollo en América Latina” (Water and Development in Latin America), Cuadernos del CENDES (ISSN 1012-2508), #59, Caracas: Centre for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 2005, pp. ix and ff.

• J. E. Castro, “Agua y gobernabilidad: entre la ideología neoliberal y la memoria histórica” (Water and governance: between neoliberal ideology and historic memory), in J E Castro and M. Lacabana (eds.) “Agua y Desarrollo en América Latina” (Water and Development in Latin America), special issue, Cuadernos del CENDES (ISSN 1012-2508), #59, Caracas: Centre for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 2005, pp. 1-22.

• Torregrosa, M. L., F. Saavedra, and K. Kloster, “Posibilidades y limitaciones de la participación privada en la prestación de servicios de agua y saneamiento: el caso de Aguascalientes, México” (Posibilities and limitations of private sector participation in the delivery of water and sanitation services: the case of Aguascalientes, Mexico), in J E Castro and M. Lacabana (eds.) “Agua y Desarrollo en América Latina” (Water and Development in Latin America), special issue, Cuadernos del CENDES (ISSN 1012-2508), #59, Caracas: Centre for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 2005, pp. 88-110.

• M. C. Vargas, “O negócio da água: debatendo experiências recentes de concessão dos serviços de abastecimento de água e esgotamento sanitário a empresas privadas no Brasil” (The water business: debating recent experiences in the concession of water and sanitation services to private companies in Brazil), in “Agua y Desarrollo en América Latina” (Water and Development in Latin America), Cuadernos del CENDES (ISSN 1012-2508), #59, Caracas: Centre for Development Studies, Central University of Venezuela, 2005, pp. 69-87.

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Chapter in books

• J. E. Castro, “A normatização da prestação dos serviços de água e esgoto, a experiência de Inglaterra e Gales” (Regulation of water and sanitation services: the experience of England and Wales), in Alceu de Castro Galvão Junior and Marfisa Maria de Aguiar Ferreira Ximenes (eds.), Regulação: Normatização da Prestação dos Serviços de Água e Esgoto, (Regulation: Normativity in Water and Sanitation Services), Fortaleza, Brazil: Associação Brasileira das Agências de Regulação (ABAR) and Agência Reguladora de Serviços Públicos Delegados do Estado do Ceará (ARCE), 2008, pp. 161-201.

• J. E. Castro, “Proposiciones para el examen teórico y empírico de la privatización: el caso de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en América Latina” (Propositions for the theoretical and empirical examination of privatization: the case of water and sanitation services in Latin America), in Fundación Seminario para la Paz (Ed.), El agua, derecho humano y raíz de conflictos (Water: human right and source of conflicts), Saragossa, Spain: Government of Aragon, Fundación Seminario de Investigación para la Paz (SIP), 2008, pp. 367-390.

• J. E. Castro, “Águas disputadas: regimes conflitantes de gobernabilidade no setor dos serviços de saneamento” (Contested waters: conflicting governance regimes in the water and sanitation sector), in L. Dowbor and R. Tagnin (eds.), Administrando a Água como se Fosse Importante: Gestão ambiental e Sustentabilidade (Managing Water as something that Really Matters: Environmental Management and Sustainability) (ISBN: 85-7359-441-1), Sao Paulo: SENAC Press, 2005, pp. 47-59.

Last updated: December 2008