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[null,"1.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910298485803321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Schiffler Manuel"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Water, politics and money : a reality check on privatization / / by Manuel Schiffler"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"3-319-16691-3"]
[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed. 2015.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (216 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"330"]
[{"$nulls":4},"338.9"]
[{"$nulls":4},"553.7"]
[{"$nulls":4},"657.8333"]
[{"$nulls":4},"658.152"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Economics"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Environmental management"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Finance"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Development economics"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Popular Science in Economics"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Finance, general"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Development Economics"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Includes index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Part I: Introduction -- Introduction -- Part II: Latin America: Two Aborted Privatizations and One that Endured -- Bolivia: The Cochabamba Water War and its Aftermath -- Cuba: Water Privatization in a Socialist Country -- Argentina: A Flagship Privatization and its Demise -- Part III: The Middle East: Reform Deadlock, with an Exception -- Egypt: Kafka on the Nile -- Jordan: Private Plants, Public Utilities -- Part IV: Europe and North America: Private and Public Utilities Compared -- The United Kingdom: A Natural Experiment between Private and Public Management -- France: An Improved Partnership in the Motherland of Multinational Water Companies -- Germany: Healthy Municipal Utilities, with a Quirk -- Berlin: Privatized to fill State Coffers, Remunicipalized at the State’s Expense -- Civil Society and the EU Concession Directive: David beats Goliath, Using a Few Tricks -- The "]
[{"$nulls":4},"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."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","This book reveals all that can potentially happen when a private company takes over a local water supply system, both the good and the bad. Backed by real life stories of water privatization in action, author Manuel Schiffler presents a nuanced picture free of spin or fear mongering. Inside, readers will find a detailed analysis of the multiple forms of water privatization, from the outright sale of companies to various forms of public-private partnerships. After covering their respective strengths and weaknesses, it then compares them to purely publicly managed water utilities. The book examines the privatization and the public management of water and sewer utilities in twelve countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Philippines, Cambodia, Egypt, Jordan, Uganda, Bolivia, Argentina and Cuba. Readers will come to understand how and why some utilities failed while others succeeded, including some that substantially increased access, became more efficient and improved service quality even in the poorest countries of the world. It is natural that a private company taking over a local water supply system causes both fear and worry for consumers. With the aid of solid empirical evidence, this book argues that who manages the system is only half the story. Rather, it is the corporate culture of the utilities and the political culture of where they operate that more often than not determines performance and how well a community is served."]
[null,"2.","Record Nr.",null,"UNINA9910917196403321"]
[null,null,"Autore",null,"Muldoon-Smith Kevin"]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"Embedded Autonomy : Financing a Resilient Local Government Effectively / / by Kevin Muldoon-Smith, Mark Sandford, Greg Stride, Andrew Walker"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9789819790302"]
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[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed. 2024.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (201 pages)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"336.01442"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Political science"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Political planning"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Finance, Public"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Human geography"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Governance and Government"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Public Policy"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Public Finance"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Human Geography"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Introduction -- Time for system thinking: a system wide perspective of local government finance -- Applying a systems perspective to local government finance -- Local government in England -- Local government in Germany -- Local Government in Italy -- Local government in Japan -- Reform in England: what if local government was funded differently in England -- Conclusion: redefining the magic money tree."]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","This book addresses the sustained failure to properly fund local government in England. While there has been plenty of rhetoric and policy initiatives around devolution of power to local authorities in recent decades, continuing recently with the English Devolution Bill, there has been far less attention paid to how these endeavours will be practically delivered and, most importantly, funded. In this context, the motivation in this book is to consider how local government in England could be funded differently. How can the continual hand to mouth "]
[{"$nulls":4},"existence of local authorities, and those that work to support them, be improved? Drawing on a system-based analysis of international local government practice, the authors develop a new theory of embedded autonomy to help understand and frame how local government can be funded effectively in England. Kevin Muldoon-Smith is an Associate Professor in Strategic Public Sector Finance and Urban Adaptation at Northumbria University, UK. He is an established author and policy advisor investigating local government finance systems, regularly via international comparison and intersecting issues of governance, taxation, land, and property markets. Mark Sandford is an Honorary Professor at the University of Bristol where he specialises in local government, devolution, local government finance and territorial identity. He has also been a research fellow at the Constitution Unit, University College London, and head of research at the Electoral Commission. Greg Stride is a Researcher at the Local Democracy Research Centre at the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU) where he has led projects on local government finance and electoral administration. Before joining the LGIU, Greg completed a PhD at the University of Exeter on electoral administration in England. Andrew Walker is the Head of Research at the Local Democracy Research Centre at the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU). Andrew leads LGIU's research programme and directs the activity of the Local Democracy Research Centre. ."]