Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World’s Urban Water Crisis [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2011] Karen Bakker - Couverture rigide

Description du livre Hardcover. Etat : New. Contents List of Figures and Tables Preface Abbreviations and Acronyms� Defining Privatization A Note on Terminology Introduction Privatization and the Urban Water Crisis Part I Development Urbanization and the Governance of Thirst 1 Governance Failure Reframing the Urban Water Supply Crisis 2 Material Emblems of Citizenship Creating Public Water 3 Watering the Thirsty Poor The Water Privatization Debate 4 Citizens without a City The Techno-Politics of Urban Water Governance Part II Beyond Privatization Debating Alternatives 1 Protesting Privatization Transnational Struggles over the Human Right to Water 2 Commons versus Commodities The Ambiguous Merits 3 Politics and Biopolitics Debating Ecological Governance Conclusion Beyond Privatization Notes References IndexWater supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s Proponents argued that the private sector could provide better services at lower costs than governments; opponents questioned the risks involved in delegating control over a life-sustaining resource to for-profit companies Private-sector activity was most concentrated and contested in large cities in developing countries where the widespread lack of access to networked water supplies was characterized as a global crisisIn Privatizing Water Karen Bakker focuses on three questions Why did privatization emerge as a preferred alternative for managing urban water supply Can privatization fulfill its proponents expectations particularly with respect to water supply to the urban poor And given the apparent shortcomings of both privatization and conventional approaches to government provision what are the alternativesIn answering these questions Bakker engages with broader debates over the role of the private sector in development the role of urban communities in the provision of "public" services and the governance of public goods She introduces the concept of "governance failure" as a means of exploring the limitations facing both private companies and governments Critically examining a range of issues including the transnational struggle over the human right to water the "commons" as a water-supply-management strategy and the environmental dimensions of water privatization Privatizing Water is a balanced exploration of a critical issue that affects billions of people around the world 320 pp. N� de r�f. du vendeur 96186

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