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Nature and Society

The Dialectics of Equity: Consumer Citizenship and the Extension of Water Supply in Medellín, Colombia

Pages 1176-1192 | Received 01 May 2012, Accepted 01 Jan 2013, Published online: 30 Apr 2013

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