Against the Current: Privatization, Water Markets, and the State in Chile

1 Introduction.- Water, Markets, and Privatization.- Recent Political and Economic History in Chile.- Analytical Framework: Geography, Political Economy, and Law.- Research Methods.- Outline of Book.- Notes to Chapter One.- 2 Blueprint for The Neoliberal Model: Law, Economics, and Politics in The 1980 Constitution.- Origins and Politics of the 1980 Constitution.- The Economic Constitution.- The New and Contradictory Role of the Judiciary.- Diagnosis and Reform of the Judicial System.- Conclusions.- Notes to Chapter Two.- 3 Water Rights and The Law of The Pendulum: Legal and Political History of The 1981 Water Code.- Goals and Principles: Private Property and Free Markets.- Historical Background: Chilean Water Law up to the 1970s.- Steps Toward a Neoliberal Water Code, 1976-1981.- Conclusions.- Notes to Chapter Three.- 4 Bringing Water Markets Down to Earth: Water Rights Trading in Practice, 1980-1995.- Irrigated Agriculture in Chile: Two Study Areas.- The Water Market in Practice, 1980-1995.- Why Water Rights Trading is Limited.- Peasant Farmers and the Water Market.- Reforming the Water Code.- Conclusions.- Notes to Chapter Four.- 5 Private Property and River Basins: Water Use Conflicts, The Market Model, and The Courts.- Judicial Behavior in Water Rights Cases.- Non-Consumptive Rights and River Basin Management.- Hydroelectricity and River Basin Conflicts in South-Central Chile.- Reforming River Basin Institutions.- Conclusions.- Epilogue.- Notes to Chapter Five.- 6 Conclusions.