Introduction -- Part I Water Management Models and Globalization: The "French Model" and Europe -- Patrimonial Economics and Water Management: A French Case -- The Water Framework Directive: A Challenge for French Territorial Management -- Water Globalization: The Strategies of the Two French "Majors" -- Technological Rent: the Key for Water Services Regulation -- Liberalization of Water Services in Europe: The End of the French Water Exception? -- Part II Water Management Models and Globalization: Privatizations and access to water -- From the French Model to a "Globalized Model" -- Privatization: Lessons from Argentina -- Urban Water in the Post-Network Era: Lebanon and the Former East Germany -- Part III Governance, Conflict, and Participation: Sharing the Resource -- France's Water Policy: The Interest and Limits of River Contracts -- Traditional Water Management in the Mediterranean: Authorized Union Associations in Languedoc-Roussillon -- Dam Projects and Protest: The Exception of Alqueva (Portugal) -- Interbasin Water Transfers in Spain: Inter-regional Conflicts and Governance Responses -- Part IV Governance, Conflict, and Participation: Mechanisms of Power -- Politics and Governance in the Water Sector: The Case of Mumbai -- Inequalities and Conflicts: Water in Latin American Cities -- From Private to Public: Challenges in La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia -- Water Governance Tools: The Role of Science and Decision Support Systems in Participatory Management -- Water Security: A Genealogy of Emerging Discourses -- Appendix: Water Urbanisms: A Visual Illustration -- Index.