Daniel Jaffee is an environmental and rural sociologist and Professor of Sociology at Portland State University. His research examines conflicts over water privatization and commodification; the social, environmental, and economic impacts of bottled and packaged water; and social movements around bottled water and water justice in both the global North and South.
Publications:
(Book) Unbottled: The Fight Against Plastic Water and for Water Justice (University of California Press, 2023).
Review of Unbottled by Roland Brunner for Blue Community Zurich: (PDF 2 pages here)
“When communities face drinking-water crises, bottled water is a ‘temporary’ solution that often lasts years − and worsens inequality.” The Conversation, October 25, 2023.
“Unequal trust: Bottled water consumption, distrust in tap water, and economic and racial inequalityin the United States.” WIRES-Water, 2024.
“Enclosing Water: Privatization, Commodification, and Access.” The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology, 2020.
“Draining Us Dry: Scarcity Discourses in Contention over Bottled Water Extraction.” Local Environment, 2018 (coauthored with Robert A. Case).
Website: https://www.danieljaffee.net
Recent articles:
BlueTriton’s exit from Ontario shows the effectiveness of bottled water opposition movements. In: The Conversation, December 11, 2024
