Water, politics and money : a reality check on privatization /: a reality check on privatization. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Water, politics and money : a reality check on privatization /: a reality check on privatization. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Water, politics and money : a reality check on privatization
- Further Information:
- Note: Manuel Schiffler.
- Authors:
- Schiffler, Manuel, 1966-
- Contents:
- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction -- Part II: Latin America: Two Aborted Privatizations and One that Endured -- Bolivia: The Cochabamba Water War and its Aftermath -- Cuba: Water Privatization in a Socialist Country -- Argentina: A Flagship Privatization and its Demise -- Part III: The Middle East: Reform Deadlock, with an Exception -- Egypt: Kafka on the Nile -- Jordan: Private Plants, Public Utilities -- Part IV: Europe and North America: Private and Public Utilities Compared -- The United Kingdom: A Natural Experiment between Private and Public Management -- France: An Improved Partnership in the Motherland of Multinational Water Companies -- Germany: Healthy Municipal Utilities, with a Quirk -- Berlin: Privatized to fill State Coffers, Remunicipalized at the State?s Expense -- Civil Society and the EU Concession Directive: David beats Goliath, Using a Few Tricks -- The United States: Public Water in a Capitalist Country -- Part V: Asia and Africa: Three Successful Utility Turnarounds, Public and Private -- The Philippines: A Delayed Privatization Success Story in Manila -- Uganda: A Public Utility Turnaround, Triggered by Pressure to Privatize -- Cambodia: A Public Utility Turnaround, Ending with Privatization -- Utility Turnarounds Compared: The Importance of Corporate Culture and Financing -- Part VI: Conclusions -- It is not about Private or Public.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Copernicus Books is a brand of Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 363.6/1
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Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319166919
3319166913
3319166905
9783319166902 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319166902
- Notes:
- Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed May 15, 2015).
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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