Privatizing Water - Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis
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Critical exploration of water privatization impacts.
"Privatizing Water" might intrigue you if you're passionate about global development challenges or concerned about essential public resources. Karen Bakker dives deep into the contentious issue of water privatization, making it a particularly relevant read in a time when the governance of natural resources and the protection of human rights are increasingly under the public spotlight. This book will not only inform you but also provoke thought about the future of water governance.
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Privatizing Water - Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis
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Water supply privatization was emblematic of the nonliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s. Proponents argue 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 widespread lack of access to networked water supplies was characterized as a global crisis. Drawing extensively on information gathered in Indonesia, Latin America, and Africa, Privatizing Water 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 alternatives? In 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. 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.
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Critical exploration of water privatization impacts.
"Privatizing Water" might intrigue you if you're passionate about global development challenges or concerned about essential public resources. Karen Bakker dives deep into the contentious issue of water privatization, making it a particularly relevant read in a time when the governance of natural resources and the protection of human rights are increasingly under the public spotlight. This book will not only inform you but also provoke thought about the future of water governance.
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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