LEADER 03847nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910781246603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-6700-4 010 $a0-8014-7464-7 010 $a0-8014-6361-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463617 035 $a(DE-B1597)481753 035 $a(OCoLC)987942388 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463617 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138123 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10468002 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681582 035 $a(OCoLC)922998102 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138123 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000036212 100 $a20100409d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrivatizing water$b[electronic resource] $egovernance failure and the world's urban water crisis /$fKaren Bakker 210 $aIthaca, N.Y. $cCornell University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (319 p.) $cill., maps 311 $a1-322-50300-1 311 $a0-8014-4723-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGovernance failure : reframing the urban water supply "crisis" -- Material emblems of citizenship : creating "public" water -- Watering the thirsty poor : the water privatization debate -- Citizens without a city : the techno-politics of urban water governance -- Protesting privatization : transnational struggles over the human right to water -- Commons versus commodities : the ambiguous merits of community water-supply management -- Politics and biopolitics : debating ecological governance. 330 $aWater supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990's. 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 life-sustaining resource to for-profit companies. Private-sector activity was most concentrated-and contested-in 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 issues-including the transnational struggle over the human right to water, the "commons" as a water-supply-management strategy, and the environmental dimensions of water privatization-Privatizing Water is a balanced exploration of a critical issue that affects billions of people around the world. 606 $aMunicipal water supply$xPolitical aspects 606 $aWater utilities$xDeregulation 606 $aPrivatization 606 $aRight to water 615 0$aMunicipal water supply$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aWater utilities$xDeregulation. 615 0$aPrivatization. 615 0$aRight to water. 676 $a363.6/1 700 $aBakker$b Karen J$01503297 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781246603321 996 $aPrivatizing water$93731588 997 $aUNINA