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Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa

This dissertation uses Marx's theory of alienation in seeking to give a fuller understanding of the commodification of domestic water. As such, it also focuses on the socio-historical process of the provision of water through privatisation in the dominant mode of production: capitalism in its neolib...

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Main Author: Grant, Matthew
Other Authors: Jubber, Ken
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Sociology 2014
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10514 Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa Grant, Matthew Jubber, Ken Sociology This dissertation uses Marx's theory of alienation in seeking to give a fuller understanding of the commodification of domestic water. As such, it also focuses on the socio-historical process of the provision of water through privatisation in the dominant mode of production: capitalism in its neoliberal phase. 2014-12-30T06:38:56Z 2014-12-30T06:38:56Z 2011 Master Thesis Masters MSocSci http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10514 eng application/pdf Department of Sociology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town
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Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa
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title Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa
title_full Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa
title_fullStr Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa
title_full_unstemmed Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa
title_short Marx's theory of alienation and the commodification of water in South Africa
title_sort marx s theory of alienation and the commodification of water in south africa
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