This book investigates the shifting governance of global water resources as Trans-National Corporations (TNCs) assume control over municipal and regional water systems. Matthias Finger, an expert in infrastructure and regulation, analyzes the intersection of neoliberal economic policy and public utility management. The text argues that the transition from state-run water services to private corporate management necessitates a complex re-regulation process that often prioritizes market efficiency over universal access.

Experts in environmental policy and infrastructure management identify this work as a critical examination of the privatization trend in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the author's rigorous focus on the institutional mechanics of re-regulation.