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Title Making public in a privatized world : the struggle for essential services / edited by David A. McDonald
Published London : Zed Books Ltd., 2016

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Contents 1. Introduction: The Wonderful Worlds of Making Public / David A. McDonald Part I: Engaging Communities and Workers -- 2. Work of the Ants: Labour and Community Reinventing Public Water in Colombia / Madeleine Bélanger Dumontier, Susan Spronk and Adrian Murray -- 3. Old Trash, New Ideas: Public Waste Management and Informal Reclaimers / Melanie Samson -- 4. Ships Passing in the Dark? Reigniting Labour-Community Alliances for Public Services in South Africa / Dale T. McKinley -- 5. Public Health for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala: Monitoring from the Bottom Up / Walter Flores -- Part II: Recognising Quasi-Public Actors -- 6. Electrified Publics and Informal Settlements in Urban India / Bipasha Baruah -- 7. Principles and Pitfalls: Searching for Public in 'Community-Led Total Sanitation' / Mary Galvin -- 8. Public Faith: Christian and Muslim Health Services in Uganda / Yoswa M. Dambisya, Mulalo Manenzhe and Allie B. Kibwika-Muyinda -- Part III: Promoting Equity and Democratic Control -- 9. Gender Equity, Citizenship and Public Water in Bangladesh / Farhana Sultana, Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Sarah Miraglia -- 10. Struggling for Public, Reclaiming Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Access to Water in Medellín, Colombia / Marcela López -- 11. Public Renewable Energy in Africa: The Potential for Democratic Electrification / Sandra van Niekerk -- Part IV: Financing Public Services -- 12. (Re)Making Public Banks: The Case of Turkey / Thomas Marois and Ali Rıza Güngen -- 13. Pragmatic Publics in the Heartland of Capitalism: Local Services in the United States / Mildred E. Warner -- 14. Post-Neoliberalism in Bolivia? Water Sector Reforms Under Evo Morales / Susan Spronk -- 15. Conclusion: Building a Global Pro-Public Movement / David A. McDonald
Summary A diverse and innovative collection that explores the radical and innovative ways in which public services in the global south are being remade from below
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed February 15, 2016)
Subject Corporatization.
Public utilities -- Privatization
Economic development.
economic development.
Development studies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Corporatization
Economic development
Form Electronic book
Author McDonald, David A., editor
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