<p><strong>"Theoretically generative, methodologically creative, richly comparative, and politically engaged, <i>Drinking Water</i> doesn’t just work within the Polanyian tradition, it substantively reinvents that tradition. Working imaginatively around the nexus of political economy and political ecology, Mark Harvey and his colleagues confront the question of urban drinking water not just as a 'policy problem,' but as a departure point for a bold exploration of the diverse <i>properties</i> of water – as an unruly public good, as an uncooperative commodity, as a mercurial space of state regulation, as an enduring biosocial necessity, and more. This is a truly original and important book." – </strong><i>Jamie Peck, University of British Columbia, Canada.</i></p><p><strong>"A fine and fascinating book, exploring the inter-relationship of natural resources, property rights, economic organisation, forms of exchange and modes of consumption, and offering intriguing detail, telling analysis, theoretical sophistication and political relevance."</strong> <em>– Alan Warde, University of Manchester, UK. </em></p><p><strong>"A major contribution to political economy that explains how drinking water came to flow from tap in some countries but is purchased in bottles in others."</strong> <em>– Frank Trentmann, Birkbeck, University of London, UK. </em></p>