Συνάντηση
ενημέρωσης με αφορμή το νέο βιβλίο που ετοιμάζεται για το νερό ως
δημόσιο αγαθό, με όλες τις εξελίξεις σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο. Τίτλος του βιβλίου :'Reclaiming Public Water'. (The struggle against water privatization. A new book, under preparation for the wider movements against water privatization in Greece).
Η δυναμική
αυτού του κινήματος έχει ξεπεράσει τις αγγυλώσεις άλλων και δείχνει να
συσπειρώνει καθημερινά όλο και περισσότερους πολίτες διεθνώς.
Από αριστερά,
Κ. Ρίπης (Εκπρόσωπος Συλλόγου Μηχανικών Π.Ε. & Τ.Ε. ΕΥΔΑΠ, Μέλος του Παγκόσμιου Κινήματος για το Νερό).
Η. Κορλός (Πρόεδρος Επιστημονικού Συλλόγου ΕΥΔΑΠ).
Lavinia Steinfort (Μέλος του Παγκόσμιου Κινήματος για το Νερό).
Π. Παρθένης, (Φοιτητής Δημοσιογραφίας με διπλωματική εργασία που έχει θέμα το νερό ως κοινωνικό αγαθό).
Ένα καινούργιο βιβλίο εκδόθηκε με συγγραφέα, το ευρύτερα γνωστό μέλος του Παγκόσμιου Κινήματος για το Νερό, David A. McDonald, και τίτλο : Rethinking Corporatization and Public Services in the Global South.
By David A. McDonald
After three decades of privatization and anti-state rhetoric, government
ownership and public management are back in vogue. This book explores this
rapidly growing trend towards ‘corporatization’ - public enterprises owned and
operated by the state, with varying degrees of autonomy. If sometimes driven by
neoliberal agendas, there exist examples of corporatization that could herald a
brighter future for equity-oriented public services.
Drawing on original case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book critically examines the histories, structures, ideologies and social impacts of corporatization in the water and electricity sectors, interrogating the extent to which it can move beyond commercial goals to deliver progressive public services. The first collection of its kind, Rethinking Corporatization and Public Services in the Global South offers rich empirical insight and theoretical depth into what has become one of the most important public policy shifts for essential services in the global South.
Drawing on original case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America, this book critically examines the histories, structures, ideologies and social impacts of corporatization in the water and electricity sectors, interrogating the extent to which it can move beyond commercial goals to deliver progressive public services. The first collection of its kind, Rethinking Corporatization and Public Services in the Global South offers rich empirical insight and theoretical depth into what has become one of the most important public policy shifts for essential services in the global South.
Reviews
'Is corporatization friend or foe of quality public service provision?
This book offers a thorough critique, providing a theoretical framework
and a set of criteria for evaluating this new reform in public service
delivery. Case studies from around the world show the potential benefits and
pitfalls of corporatization and raise questions about the role of the state and
the meaning of 'public' in service delivery. This is a must-read for
policy-makers, practitioners and scholars of public service reform.'
Mildred E. Warner, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
'This book offers fresh thinking on corporatization and public enterprises and addresses important research questions in a multidisciplinary way. The analysis is grounded in new evidence and field research, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the benefits and risks of contemporary trends of governance reforms in the provision of essential public services.'
Massimo Florio, Professor of Public Economics and Jean Monnet Chair of EU Industrial Policy, University of Milan
Mildred E. Warner, Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
'This book offers fresh thinking on corporatization and public enterprises and addresses important research questions in a multidisciplinary way. The analysis is grounded in new evidence and field research, making it essential reading for anyone interested in the benefits and risks of contemporary trends of governance reforms in the provision of essential public services.'
Massimo Florio, Professor of Public Economics and Jean Monnet Chair of EU Industrial Policy, University of Milan
Table of Contents
1 Public ambiguity and the multiple meanings of corporatization - David A.
McDonald
2 An exceptional electricity company in an atypical social democracy: Costa Rica’s ICE - Daniel Chavez
3 Hybrid water governance in Burkina Faso: the ONEA experience - Catherine Baron
4 An ‘Arab Spring’ for corporatization? Tunisia’s national electricity company (STEG) - Ali Bennasr and Eric Verdeil
5 Modernization and the boundaries of public water in Uruguay - Susan Spronk, Carlos Crespo and Marcela Olivera
6 Can ‘public’ survive corporatization? The case of TNB in Malaysia - Nepomuceno A. Malaluan
7 Quasi-public: water districts in the Philippines - Buenaventura B. Dargantes, Victor G. Chiong, Hedda P. Dargantes and Elsie B. Mira
8 Corporatization in the European water sector: lessons for the global South - Emanuele Lobina and David Hall
9 Corporatization is dead ... long live corporatization? - David A. McDonald
2 An exceptional electricity company in an atypical social democracy: Costa Rica’s ICE - Daniel Chavez
3 Hybrid water governance in Burkina Faso: the ONEA experience - Catherine Baron
4 An ‘Arab Spring’ for corporatization? Tunisia’s national electricity company (STEG) - Ali Bennasr and Eric Verdeil
5 Modernization and the boundaries of public water in Uruguay - Susan Spronk, Carlos Crespo and Marcela Olivera
6 Can ‘public’ survive corporatization? The case of TNB in Malaysia - Nepomuceno A. Malaluan
7 Quasi-public: water districts in the Philippines - Buenaventura B. Dargantes, Victor G. Chiong, Hedda P. Dargantes and Elsie B. Mira
8 Corporatization in the European water sector: lessons for the global South - Emanuele Lobina and David Hall
9 Corporatization is dead ... long live corporatization? - David A. McDonald
About the Author:
David McDonald is professor of global development studies at Queen’s
University, Canada, and co-director of the Municipal Services Project. His
research relates primarily to the delivery of essential services in the global
South, and encompasses a broad spectrum of related questions around
urbanization, environmental justice and uneven development.
