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100 _aBakker, Karen
245 0 _aPrivatizing water
260 _aNew Delhi
260 _bOrient blackswan
260 _c2011
300 _a304 p.
520 _aWater 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 crisis. In 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 short comings 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. 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.
650 _aWater crisis
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