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Privatizing Water: Governance Failure and the World's Urban Water Crisis,Used
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Water 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 lifesustaining resource to forprofit companies. Privatesector activity was most concentratedand contestedin 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 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. 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 issuesincluding the transnational struggle over the human right to water, the 'commons' as a watersupplymanagement strategy, and the environmental dimensions of water privatizationPrivatizing Water is a balanced exploration of a critical issue that affects billions of people around the world.
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