Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Anti-Water Privatization Movements in the Age of Globalization -- 1 From Commons to Commodity: Water Governance, Neoliberalism, and the Privatization of Municipal Water Systems -- 2 Globalization and Local Social Movements: Understanding the Dynamics -- 3 The Meaning of Water: "The Commons" as a Socially Constructed Discourse -- 4 Constructing the Problem: Framing Strategies -- 5 The Political Process: Seizing Local and Global Opportunities -- 6 Mobilizing Cross-Movement Coalitions -- 7 Conclusion: Local Social Movements in an Age of Globalization -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Urban and Industrial Environments Series.