Water and Politics : Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico /

"Most of the world's population lives in cities in developing countries, where access to basic public services, such as water, electricity, and health clinics, is either inadequate or sorely missing. Through the lens of urban water provision, this book shows how politicians fail to provide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herrera, Veronica Maria Sol (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Water-supply > Political aspects.
Public utilities.
Patron and client.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
Patron et client > Mexique.
Services publics > Mexique.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Aspect politique > Mexique.
Patron and client > Mexico.
Public utilities > Mexico.
Water-supply > Political aspects > Mexico.
Mexico.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Public services after democratization and decentralization
  • Accounting for reform in the Mexican urban water sector
  • Water and particularistic politics in urban Mexico : a historical overview
  • Reform adoption in León and Irapuato : policy insulation through broad elite incorporation
  • Reform adoption in Naucalpan and Celaya : policy insulation through narrow elite incorporation
  • Reform failure in Toluca and Xalapa : ad hoc solutions and gradual services decay
  • Reform failure in Neza and Veracruz : repurposed clientelism and acute services decay
  • Politics, time horizons, and the global water crisis.

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