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Resisting Reform?

Water Profits and Democracy

Autor: Kshithij Urs, Richard Whittell

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Editura: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd

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A wide range of people and organisations, united by either a belief in market-based economics or a f...

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Autor

Kshithij Urs, Richard Whittell

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2009

Pagini

180

EAN

9788178298740

ISBN

8178298740

Enbook ID

05048072

Editura

SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd

Greutate

312

Dimensiuni

210 x 134 x 19

Descriere completă

A wide range of people and organisations, united by either a belief in market-based economics or a financial stake in the water business or both, are convinced that water should primarily be treated as a commodity to be bought and sold so that all water services can cover their costs. To this end, they advocate private ownership of water supply with the underlying objective of profit generation. Unfortunately, the benefits of such reasoning are skewed, and while it has been put into practice around the world, many people have come out as losers in this bargain. Resisting Reform? Water Profits and Democracy critically examines the attempts that have been made to 'reform' Bangalore's water supply and situates them in their global and national context and in that of the city's broader development. It looks at how the 'reforms' have entered government policy and how they have been opposed, principally by the many poor in the city. This book also describes how involving private players is not the best way to ensure an equitable water supply and that treating water as a commodity is a dangerous principle to adopt for running any water service, be it public or private. This book will be a rich resource for professionals and activists working in the areas of natural resources management, globalisation, development studies and public policy. It will also be of much interest to research scholars and media and policy watchers.