Construction of water, goods and value
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2024 |
| Descripción: | The work revisits certain categories within social sciences to analyze water through two primary lenses. The first lens views water as a social construct, involving various communal, social, and institutional actors. This perspective has historical roots extending back to the liberal era of the early 20th century and continues through the post-war period of 'developmentalism.' During this time, water resources were seen as a public service managed by municipalities, communities, and, following the establishment of the Sistema Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados (SNAA, known as AyA) in 1961, by a centralized state institution. Secondly, the study examines the transition of water from a 'use value' (satisfying a need) to an 'exchange value.' This analysis employs the concept of 'elasticity' of the commodity, representing a kind of expansive long wave embedded in the international political debates of the sixties and seventies. These debates involved various social movements and American business elites, who perceived the concept of 'free enterprise' as under threat. This resulted in 'authoritarian liberalism,' which has had lasting effects. In the present era, a 'total market' logic prevails, where water markets, transnational corporations, and stock market pricing determine the distribution of this resource on the planet through supply and demand laws. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español Inglés Portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/20463 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/tdna/article/view/20463 |
| Palabra clave: | water resources value commodity elasticity total market critical discourse recurso hídrico valor elasticidad de la mercancia mercado total análisis de discurso elasticidade da mercadoria análise do discurso |