Professor Esteban CastroProfessor of Sociology
Castro JE. Water, Power and Citizenship : Social Struggle in the Basin of Mexico .
Castro JE. Poverty and citizenship: Sociological perspectives on water services and public-private participation .
Geoforum 2007, 38 (5), 756-771.
Castro JE, Heller L. The development of water and sanitation services in Argentina and Brazil .
In: Juuti P; Katko T; Vuorinen H, ed. Environmental History of Water - Global View of Community Water Supply and Sanitation . London: International Water Association, 2006, pp.429-445.
Castro JE. Agua y gobernabilidad: entre la ideología neoliberal y la memoria histórica (Water and governance: between neoliberal ideology and historic memory) .
Cuadernos del CENDES, Universidad Central de Venezuela 2005, 59 .
Castro JE. Urban water and the politics of citizenship: the case of the Mexico City Metropolitan Area during the 1980s and 1990s .
Environment and Planning A 2004, 36 (2), 327-346.
Castro JE, Swyngedouw E, Kaika M. London: structural continuities and institutional change in water management .
European Planning Studies 2003, 11 (3), 283-98.
Swyngedouw E, Kaika M, Castro JE. Urban water: a political-ecology perspective .
Built Environment 2002, 28 (2), 124-137.
Castro JE. Decentralization and modernization in Mexico: the case of water management .
Natural Resources Journal 1995, 35 (3), 461-87.
Castro JE, Kloster K, Torregrosa ML. Ciudadanía y gobernabilidad en México: el caso de la conflictividad y la participación social en torno a la gestión del agua (Citizenship and governance in Mexico: conflict and social participation around water management) .
In: Jiménez B; Marín L, ed. El Agua en México Vista desde la Academia (Water in Mexico: an Academic Perspective) . Mexico City: Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, 2004, pp.339-370.
Castro JE. Águas disputadas: regimes conflitantes de gobernabilidade no setor dos serviços de saneamento (Contested waters: conflicting governance regimes in the water and sanitation sector) .
In: Dowbor L; Tagnin R, ed. Administrando a Água como se Fosse Importante: Gestão ambiental e Sustentabilidade (Managing Water as something that Really Matters: Environmental Management and Sustainability) . Sao Paulo, Brazil: SENAC Editora, 2005, pp.47-59.
Castro JE. Niklas Luhmann y la tradición sociológica (Niklas Luhmann, and the sociological tradition) .
In: Camou A; Castro JE, ed. En Torno a la Obra de Niklas Luhmann (On the Work of Niklas Luhmann) . Mexico City: Triana, 1997, pp.51-81.
Castro JE. Apuntes para una ecología política de la integración en América Latina y El Caribe ([Notes for a Political Ecology of Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean] .
In: Anuario de la Red de Investigadores sobre América Latina y el Caribe [Yearbook of Network of Researchers on Latin America and the Caribbean] . Guadalajara, Mexico: National University of Guadalajara and National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), 2013. In Press.
Castro JE. Southern Cone .
In: Beavis, S.G., Dougherty, M.L., Gonzales, T, ed. The Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The Americas and Oceania: Assessing Sustainability . Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USA: Berkshire Publishing Group, 2012, pp.292-295.
Castro JE. Gobernabilidad del agua y participación social [Water governance and social participation] .
In: Murillo Licea, D, ed. La Gobernanza del Agua: Un Desafío Actual. Hacia una Mirada Crítica del Concepto y su Aplicación [Water Governance: a Current Challenge. Towards a Critical Approach of the Concept and its Application] . Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico: Mexican Institute of Water Technology, 2012, pp.402-204.
Castro JE. Issues of Governance and Citizenship in Water Services: a reflection on Latin American experiences .
In: Katko,T.S., Juuti, P.S., Schwartz, K, ed. Water Services Management and Governance: Lessons for a Sustainable Future . London: International Water Association (IWA), 2012, pp.133-143.
Castro JE. Proposiciones para el examen téorico y empírico de la privatización. El caso de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en América Latina (Propositions for the theoretical and empirical examination of privatization. The case of water and sanitation services in Latin America) .
Revista Interdisciplinar de Gestão Social 2012, 1 (1), 245-275.
Castro JE. Luchas sociales por el agua y el proceso de democratización en América Latina (Social struggles over water and the democratization process in Latin America) .
In: Perevochtchikova, M, ed. Cultura del Agua en México. Conceptualización y Vulnerabilidad Social (Water Culture in Mexico. Conceptualization and Social Vulnerability) . Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Miguel Ángel Porrúa, 2012, pp.99-108.
Castro JE. A Participação do Setor Privado nos Serviços Públicos de Abastecimento de Água e Esgotamento Sanitário: Resposta aos Fracassos do Setor Público? (Private participation in water and sanitation services: an answer to public sector failures?) .
GESTA - Revista Eletrônica de Gestão e Tecnologias Ambientais 2013, 1 (1), 1-20.
Castro JE. The sociogenesis of environmental injustice in Latin America .
2013. In Preparation.
Castro JE. Un análisis sociológico de la políticas de privatización del agua [A sociological analysis of water privatization policies] .
In: González Leandri, R, ed. Política Social y Cohesión Social [Social Policy and Social Cohesion] . Madrid: History Institute, Spanish Higher Council of Scientific Research, 2013. In Press.
Castro JE. Water is not (yet) a commodity: Commodification and rationalization revisited .
Human Figurations: Long-term Perspectives on the Human Condition 2013, 2 (1).
Castro JE. "El proceso de democratización de la gestión de servicios públicos esenciales de agua y saneamiento" (The process of democratization in the management of essential public services of water and sanitation) .
Hábitat y Sociedad 2011, (2), 83-103.
Castro JE. "Tensão entre justiça ambiental e justiça social na América Latina: o caso da gestão da água" (The Tension between environmental and social justice in Latin America: the case of water management). International Conference of the WATERLAT Network, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 25-27 October 2010 .
Castro JE. Bakker, Karen (2010), Privatizing Water. Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press [book review] .
Water Alternatives 2011, 4 (3), 252-256.
Castro JE. Confronting water injustice .
Global Dialogue, Newsletter of the International Sociological Association 2011, (5).
Castro JE. Gadaffi and Latin America .
Society 2011, 48 (4), 307-311.
Castro JE. In search of meaningful interdisciplinarity: understanding urban water conflicts in Mexico .
In: Barraqué, B, ed. Urban Water Conflicts . Paris and Leiden: UNESCO Publishing and Taylor and Francis, 2011, pp.129-145.
Castro JE. Jacinta Palerm Viqueira and Tomás Martínez Saldaña (eds.), Aventuras con el agua: la administración del agua de riego, historia y teoría (Water Adventures: The Administration of Irrigation Water, History and Theory) (Texcoco, Mexico: CONACYT, 2009), pp. xxii + 435, pb. (book review) .
Journal of Latin American Studies 2011, 43 (4), 818-820.
Castro JE, Heller L, ed. Water and Sanitation Services: Public Policy and Management .
Hukka JJ, Castro JE, Pietilä PE. Water, policy, and governance .
Environment and History 2010, 16 (2), 235-251.
Castro JE. "Presentación" (Introduction) .
Dossier: Agua y Desigualdad en América Latina (Special Issue: Water and Inequality in Latin America, J. E. Castro and I. Simón Ruiz eds.), Anuario de Estudios Americanos 2009, 66 (2), 15-22.
Castro JE. A Participação Privada nos Serviços de Saneamento: lecciones da experiencia internacional (Private participation in water and sanitation services: lessons from the international experience) .
In: Lei Nacional de Saneamento Básico. Perspectivas para as Políticas e a Gestão dos Serviços Públicos U (The Basic Sanitation National Law. Perspectives for Public Policy and Management of Public Services) . Brasilia: Ministry of the Cities, National Secretary of Basic Sanitation, 2009, pp.583-599.
Castro JE. Commons and citizenship: the contradictions of an unfolding relationship (also published in Spanish and German) .
In: Helfrich, S, ed. To Whom does the World Belong? . Washington DC: Heinrich Böll Foundation, 2009, pp.1-10.
Castro JE. Gemeinschaftsgüter und Bürgerschaft: Widersprüche einer sich entfaltenden Beziehung (Commons and citizenship: the contradictions of an unfolding relationship) .
In: Silke Helfrich and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, ed. Wem gehört die Welt? Zur Wiederentdeckung der Gemeingüter (Genes, Bytes and Emissions: Common Goods and Citizenship) . Berlin: Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 2009, pp.39-50.
Castro JE, Heller L. Introduction .
In: Castro JE; Heller L, ed. Water and Sanitation Services: Public Policy and Management . London: Earthscan, 2009, pp.1-16.
Castro JE. La experiencia de Inglaterra y Gales en la organización de la regulación de los servicios de agua y saneamiento (Regulation of water and sanitation services: the experience of England and Wales) .
In: Delclòs J, ed. Agua, un Derecho y no una Mercancía: Propuestas de la Sociedad Civil para un Modelo Público del Agua (Water: a Right, Not a Commodity: Civil Society Proposals for a Public Model of Water Services) . Barcelona: Icaria, 2009, pp.179-217.
Castro JE. Systemic conditions and public policy in the water and sanitation sector .
In: Castro JE; Heller L, ed. Water and Sanitation Services: Public Policy and Management . London: Earthscan, 2009, pp.19-37.
Castro JE. “Proposiciones para el examen teórico y empírico de la privatización: el caso de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en América Latina” (Propositions for the theoretical and empirical examination of privatization: the case of water and sanitation services) .
In: Fundación Seminario de Investigación para la Paz (SIP), ed. El agua, derecho humano y raíz de conflictos (Water: human right and source of conflicts) . Saragossa, Spain: Government of Aragón, Spain, Fundación Seminario de Investigación para la Paz (SIP), 2008, pp.367-390.
Castro JE. A normatização da prestação dos serviços de água e esgoto, a experiência de Inglaterra e Gales (Regulation of water and sanitation services: the experience of England and Wales) .
In: Alceu de Castro Galvão Junior and Marfisa Maria de Aguiar Ferreira Ximenes, ed. Regulação: Normatização da Prestação dos Serviços de Água e Esgoto (Regulation: Normativity of Water and Sanitation Services) . Fortaleza, Brazil: ABAR - ARCE, 2008, pp.161-201.
Castro JE. Apuntes sobre el proceso de mercantilización del agua: un examen de la privatización en perspectiva histórica (Notes on the process of water commodification: an examination of privatization in historical perspective) .
Veracidade 2008, 4 (7), 7-18.
Castro JE. Neoliberal water and sanitation policies as a failed development strategy: Lessons from developing countries .
Progress in Development Studies 2008, 8 (1), 63-83.
Castro JE. Water struggles, citizenship and governance in Latin America .
Development 2008, 51 (1), 72-76.
Castro JE. “El estudio interdisciplinar de los conflictos por el agua en el medio urbano: una contribución desde la sociología” (The interdisciplinary study of urban water conflicts: a sociological contribution) .
Cuadernos del CENDES 2007, 24 (66), 21-46.
Castro JE. “La privatización de los servicios de agua y saneamiento en América Latina” (The privatization of water and sanitation services in Latin America) .
Nueva Sociedad 2007, (207), 93-112.
Heller L, Castro JE. “Política pública de saneamento: apontamentos teórico-conceituais” (Public policy in environmental sanitation: theoretical and conceptual notes) .
Revista Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental 2007, 12 (2), 222-233.
Castro JE. Systemic Conditions Affecting the Universalisation of Water and Sanitation Services: A Sociological Exploration .
Journal of Comparative Social Welfare 2007, 23 (2), 105-119.
Castro JE. The political ecology of water uncertainty and inequality: a sociological contribution .
In: Leite da Silva Dias P; Costa Ribeiro W; Hidalgo Nunes L, ed. A Contribution to Understanding the Regional Impacts of Global Change in South America . Sao Paulo, Brazil: Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Sao Paulo, 2007, pp.239-259.
Castro JE. Water governance in the twentieth-first century .
Ambiente e Sociedade 2007, 10 (2), 97-118.
Castro JE. Agua, democracia y la construcción de la ciudadanía (Water, democracy, and the construction of citizenship) .
In: Esch S; Delgado M; Helfrich S; Salazar Ramírez H;Torregrosa ML; Pérez-Tejada IZ, ed. La Gota de la Vida: Hacia una Gestión Sustentable y Democrática del Agua (The Drop of Life: Towards a Sustainable and Democratic Management of Water) . Mexico City: Heinrich Böll Foundation Editions, 2006, pp.266-287.
Castro JE, Torregrosa Armentia ML, Allen A, Gómez González Cosío R, Vera J, Kloster K. Institutional Development and Political Processes, Baseline Document for the Cross-Cutting Perspective 2 Also available in Spanish as Desarrollo Institutional y Procesos Políticos .
In: National Water Commission, Mexico, ed. Thematic Documents, IV World Water Forum . Mexico City: National Water Commission, 2006.
Castro JE. Urban conflicts over water in Mexico: a theoretical and empirical exploration .
In: Barraqué B; Vlachos E, ed. Urban Water Conflicts: an Analysis on the Origins and Nature of Water-related Unrest and Conflicts in the Urban Setting . Paris: UNESCO Water Sciences Division, 2006, pp.71-90.
Castro JE. Desarrollo Institucional y Procesos Políticos (final version of paper submitted in September 2005) .
In: International Water Conference “Sowing Water for the Future” in Preparation for the IV World Water Forum 2006 . 2005, Villa Hermosa, Tabasco, 28-31 June 2005: National Water Commission, Mexico.
Castro JE. Water governance: sustainability and policy innovation in water management .
Urbanistica 2005, (127), 19-25.
Castro JE, Kloster K, Studer I, Torregrosa ML. Ciudadanía y gobernabilidad en la cuenca del Río Bravo-Grande (Citizenship and governance in the Rio Bravo-Grande basin) .
In: Jiménez B; Marín L, ed. El Agua en México Vista desde la Academia (Water in Mexico: an Academic Perspective) . Mexico City: Academia Mexicana de Ciencias, 2004, pp.199-232.
Castro JE. Entries on “drinking water”, “water-borne diseases”, “water user associations”, “water management”, “rainwater harvesting”, “citizenship”, and “Zapatistas” .
In: Forsyth T, ed. Encyclopedia of International Development . London: Routledge, 2004.
Castro JE. Entries on “Argentina”, “commodification”, “Karl Marx”, “Rio de la Plata River”, “Socialism and Communism”, and “Southern Cone” .
In: Krech S; McNeill JR; Merchant C, ed. Encyclopedia of World Environmental History . New York: Routledge, 2003.
Castro JE. Incertezas manufacturadas, tecnociência e políticas de desigualdade: o caso da gestão dos recursos hídricos (Manufactured uncertainties, techno-science, and the politics of inequality: the case of water resources management) .
In: Martins H; García JL, ed. Dilemas da Civilizacao Tecnológica (Dilemmas of the Technological Civilization) . Lisbon: Imprensa de Ciências Sociais, 2003, pp.199-223.
Castro JE. La construcción de nuevas incertidumbres, tecnociencia, y la política de la desigualdad: el caso de la gestión de los recursos hídricos (The construction of new uncertainties, Techno-science, and the politics of inequality: the case of water resources management) .
Revista Iberoamericana de Ciencias, Tecnología, Sociedad e Innovación (Organization of American States for Education, Science, and Culture) 2002, (2).
Castro JE. Luta social pela água e direito à cidadania (Social struggle over water and citizenship rights) .
In: Bragança de Miranda JA; Frederico da Silveira J, ed. As Ciências da Comunicaçao na Viragem do Século (The Sciences of Communication at the Turn of the Century) . Lisbon: Vega Editores, 2002, pp.300-312.
Castro JE. Review of three books: Siemens, A. H. (1998), A Favored Place. San Juan River Wetlands, Central Veracruz, A. D. 500 to the Present , Austin: University of Texas Press; Martínez S., T. and J. Palerm V. (eds.) (1998), Antología sobre Pequeño Riego , Mexico: Instituto de Socioeconomía, Estadística e Informática; Suárez Cortez, B. E. and D. Birrichaga Gardida (1997), Dos Estudios sobre Usos del Agua en México (Siglos XIX y XX) , Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua (IMTA) and Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS) .
Journal of Latin American Studies 2001, 33 (3), 663-666.
Castro JE. Book review of: Horn, Rebecca (1997), Postconquest Coyoacán: Nahua-Spanish Relations in Central Mexico 1519-1650 , Stanford University Press .
Journal of Latin American Studies 2000, 32 (2), 566-567.
Castro JE. Andreopoulos, G.J. (ed.) 'Genocide. Conceptual and Historical Dimensions', Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997 [Book review] .
International Journal of Refugee Law 1999, 11 (1), 243-247.
Castro JE. El retorno del ciudadano. Los inestables territorios de la ciudadanía en América Latina (The return of the citizen. The unstable territories of citizenship in Latin America) .
Perfiles Latinoamericanos, Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences 1999, (14), 39-62.
Castro JE. Book review of: Bennett, Vivienne (1995), The Politics of Water. Urban Protest, Gender, and Power in Monterrey, Mexico, Pittsburgh and London: Pittsburgh University Press .
Journal of Latin American Studies 1998, 30 (3), 652-653.
Castro JE. El control social del agua y la formación de los derechos de ciudadanía en México: una perspectiva de largo plazo (The social control of water and the formation of citizenship rights in Mexico: a long-term perspective) .
In: Bremer T; Schütz S, ed. América Latina: Cruce de Culturas y Sociedades. La Dimensión Histórica y la Globalización Futura (Latin America: Crossing of Cultures and Societies. The Historical Dimension and the Future Globalization) . Halle-Wittenberg, Germany: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1998.
Castro JE. La formación de monopolios: el caso del agua en el Valle de México (siglos XV-XIX) (The formation of monopolies: the case of water in the Valley of Mexico (XV-XIX centuries)) .
Revista Novum (Department of Humanities, National University of Colombia) 1998, 7 (18), 12-37.
Castro JE. La lucha por el agua y los derechos sociales de ciudadanía: el caso del Valle de México (The struggle over water and the social rights of citizenship: the case of the Valley of Mexico) .
Teoria e Pesquisa (Journal of the Social Sciences Department, Federal University of São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil) 1998, (24-7), 7-64.
Castro JE. Apuntes sobre el movimiento anarquista en la Argentina (Notes on the anarchist movement in Argentina) .
Relaciones (Journal of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico, UAM-Xochimilco) 1997, (15-6), 211-30.
Camou A, Castro JE. En Torno a la Obra de Niklas Luhmann (On the Work of Niklas Luhmann) .
Castro JE. Book review (in Spanish) of: Andersen, Martin Edwin, Dossier Secreto. Argentina’s Desaparecidos and the Myth of the ‘Dirty War’ , Boulder-San Francisco-Oxford: Westview Press, 1993 .
Argumentos 1995, (22), 86-88.
Castro JE. Book review of: Gayol, Roberto, Dos Problemas de Vital Importancia para México: la Colonización y el Desarrollo de la Irrigación , Mexico City: CIESAS-IMTA, 1994; Palacios, Leopoldo, El Problema de la Irrigación , Mexico City: CIESAS-IMTA, 1994; Herrera y Lasso, José, Apuntes sobre Irrigación: Notas sobre su Organización Económica en el Extranjero y en el País , Mexico City: CIESAS-IMTA, 1994 .
Journal of Latin American Studies 1995, 27 (2), 480-482.
Castro JE. Book review of: Viqueira Landa, Carmen & Torre Medina Mora, Lydia (Eds.), Sistemas Hidráulicos, Modernización de la Agricultura y Migración, Toluca, Mexico: El Colegio Mexiquense and Universidad Iberoamericana, 1994 .
Journal of Latin American Studies 1995, 27 (3), 733-734.
Castro JE. Book review (in Spanish) of: Roett, Riordan, Political & Economic Liberalization in Mexico. At a Critical Juncture?, Londres: Lynne and Rienner Pub (1993) .
Argumentos 1994, (20), 129-131.
Castro JE. Sobre la construcción de hipótesis en la investigación científica (On the construction of hypotheses in scientific research) .
Argumentos (Journal of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico, UAM-Xochimilco) 1993, (18), 81-99.
Grave PZ, Castro JE. ¿Funcionalismo o epistemología para las ciencias? (Functionalism or epistemology for the sciences) .
Argumentos (Journal of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico, UAM-Xochimilco) 1992, (15), 49-64.
Castro JE. Georg Simmel y la tragedia de la cultura occidental (Georg Simmel and the tragedy of Western culture) .
Relaciones (Journal of the Autonomous Metropolitan University of Mexico, UAM-Xochimilco) 1992, (7-8), 5-11.
Castro JE, ed. Inovações e Desafios para a Democratização dos Serviços de Saneamento (Innovations and Challenges for the Democratization of Water and Sanitation Services) .
Castro JE, Kohan G, ed. Territorialidades del Agua: Conocimiento y Acción para Construir el Futuro que Queremos (Water Territories: Knowledge and action to build the future that we want ) .
Castro JE. A dimensão teórica da participação e do controle social (The theoretical dimension of social participation and democratic control) .
In: Heller,L;Aguiar,M;Rezende,S, ed. Participação e controle social em saneamento básico: conceitos, potencialidades e limites (Social participation and democratic control in basic sanitation: concepts, potentialities and limitations) . Brasilia, Brazil: National Health Foundation (FUNASA), 2013. In Press.
Castro JE, Heller L. A participação privada em saneamento e seus sofismas (Private participation in water and sanitation services and its sophistry) .http://www.jb.com.br/plataforma-politica-social/noticias/2013/02/06/a-participacao-privada-em-saneamento-e-seus-sofismas/ .
Azpiazu D, Castro JE. Aguas públicas: lecciones desde Buenos Aires .
In: Pigeon,M; McDonald,DA; Hoedeman,O and Kishimoto,S, ed. Remunicipalización: El Retorno del Agua a Manos Públicas . Amsterdam: Transnational Institute, 2013, pp.74-95.
Castro JE. Apuntes para una ecología política de la integración en América Latina y el Caribe (Notes for a political ecology of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean) .
Espacio Tiempo. Revista Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades 2013. In Press.
Castro JE. Desafíos del gobierno y la gestión del agua en América Latina (Challenges for water government and management in Latin America) .
Umbrales 2013. In Press.
Castro JE, Heller L. Introdução [Introduction] .
In: L. Heller and J.E. Castro, ed. Política Pública e Gestão de Serviços de Saneamento [Public Policy and Management of Water and Sanitation Services] . Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Editora UFMG, 2013, pp.25-49.
Castro JE. Políticas públicas de saneamento e condicionantes sistêmicos [Water and sanitation policies and systemic constraints] .
In: Heller,L
Castro,JE, ed. Política Pública e Gestão de Serviços de Saneamento [Public Policy and Management of Water and Sanitation Services] . Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Editora UFMG, 2013, pp.53-75.
Castro JE. A gestão da água na América Latina (Water management in Latin America) .
Desafios do Desenvolvimento 2012, 9 (74), 57.