Cost Recovery and the Crisis of Service Delivery in South Africa - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1842773313 ISBN 13 : 9781842773314

Editeur : Zed Books Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This is the first book in South Africa - and internationally - to bring together a theoretical and empirical review of the impact of cost recovery on basic municipal services such as water and electricity. There has been a dramatic shift worldwide from welfare municipalism to a neoliberal vision of balanced budgets and fiscal restraint. Cost recovery is at the heart of this new municipal vision with far reaching implications for access to services, affordability and privatization.

The book describes the theory and practice of cost recovery and lays out the conceptual framework for six case studies. The book offers two distinct sets of alternative possibilities. The first are reformist in nature, arguing for more equity-oriented models of cost recovery. The second are more radical and explore ways of reversing the insidious effects of commodification, the role of the market in shaping the moral and economic fabric of service delivery, and the way we value" essential goods such as water.

This book will be of interest both theoretically and empirically to anyone interested in local governance, service delivery, public goods and social movements."

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David A. McDonald is the Director of the Development Studies programme at Queen's University in Canada, and Co-Director of the Municipal Services Project.

John Pape is the Co-Director of the International Labour Resource and Information Group (ILRIG) at the University of Cape Town.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zed Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1842773313
• ISBN 13: 9781842773314
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Éditeur: McDonald David A., Pape John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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