Resumen

NICOLAS-ARTERO, Chloé. Community organizations of rural drinking water in Latin America: an example of substantive economy. Polis [online]. 2016, vol.15, n.45, pp.165-189. ISSN 0718-6568.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0718-65682016000300009.

In Latin American rural areas, community organizations are responsible for granting water service to its members. From the Chilean case, the article shows that rural community systems are based on a substantive economy that generates territorialization and patrimonialization of water. In a context of privatization and commodification, committees are affected or transformed, assimilating to capitalist forms of management. However, local, national and transnational strategies and solidarities emerge to defend their alternative form of produce drinking water.

Palabras clave : Community organizations; drinking water; sanitation; rurality; Latin America; Chili.

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