Making public in a privatized world : the struggle for essential services /: the struggle for essential services. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David A. McDonald.
• Editors: McDonald, David A
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The Wonderful Worlds of Making Public -- David A. McDonald Part I: Engaging Communities and Workers2. 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 Actors6. 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 Control9. 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 Services12. (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
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.91; Corporatization; Public utilities -- Privatization; Economic development; Development studies; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Corporatization; Economic development; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783604845; 1783604840; 9781783604821; 1783604824; 1783604832; 9781783604838; 9781783604852; 1783604859; 9781783604869; 1783604867
• Related ISBNs: 9781783604838
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed February 15, 2016).
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