Privatizing water : governance failure and the world's urban water crisis /

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Water 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bakker, Karen J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Municipal water supply > Political aspects.
Water utilities > Deregulation.
Privatization.
Right to water.
Privatization
Eau > Approvisionnement urbain > Aspect politique.
Services d'eau > Déréglementation.
Privatisation.
Droit à l'eau.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Distribution de l'eau.
Gestion des eaux.
Politique urbaine.
Etablissements d'utilité publique.
Stadt
Wasserwirtschaft
Privatisierung
Deregulierung
Wasserversorgung
Gemeindewirtschaft
Stadt.
Wasserwirtschaft.
Privatisierung.
Deregulierung.
Vattenförsörjning > politiska aspekter.
Vatten > politiska aspekter.
Rätten till vatten.
Privatisering.
Monde.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Privatization and the urban water crisis
  • Governance failure : reframing the urban water supply "crisis"
  • Material emblems of citizenship : creating "public" water
  • Watering the thirsty poor : the water privatization debate
  • Citizens without a city : the techno-politics of urban water governance
  • Protesting privatization : transnational struggles over the human right to water
  • Commons versus commodities : the ambiguous merits of community water-supply management
  • Politics and biopolitics : debating ecological governance
  • Conclusion : Beyond privatization.

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