Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services

ISBN-13: 9781783604821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 280 str.

David A. McDonald

Opis

In the wake of recent widespread failures of privatization efforts, many communities in the global south now seek new, progressive ways to revitalize the public sector. From rural Guatemalan towns holding the state accountable for public health to an alliance of waste pickers in India and decentralized solar electricity initiatives in Africa, people worldwide are rising up with innovative public service solutions to difficult issues.
Making Public in a Privatized World explores all of these cases and more, with essays that uncover the radically different ways grassroots movements have proved themselves as successful alternatives of essential public services where privatized efforts have failed. Using numerous in-depth case studies, this book offers probing insights from a diverse range of contributors from across the world, including academics, activists, unionists, and social movement organizers. A timely collection, Making Public in a Privatized World addresses the growing worldwide interest in exciting alternatives to privatization in both developed and developing countries."

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Wonderful Worlds of Making Public - David A. McDonald Part I: Engaging Communities and Workers 2. Work of the Ants: Labour and Community Reinventing Public Water in Colombia - Madeleine Bélanger Dumontier, Susan Spronk and Adrian Murray 3. Old Trash, New Ideas: Public Waste Management and Informal Reclaimers - Melanie Samson 4. Ships Passing in the Dark? Reigniting Labour-Community Alliances for Public Services in South Africa - Dale T. McKinley 5. Public Health for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala: Monitoring from the Bottom Up - Walter Flores Part II: Recognising Quasi-Public Actors 6. Electrified Publics and Informal Settlements in Urban India - Bipasha Baruah 7. Principles and Pitfalls: Searching for Public in 'Community-Led Total Sanitation' - Mary Galvin 8. Public Faith: Christian and Muslim Health Services in Uganda - Yoswa M. Dambisya, Mulalo Manenzhe and Allie B. Kibwika-Muyinda Part III: Promoting Equity and Democratic Control 9. Gender Equity, Citizenship and Public Water in Bangladesh - Farhana Sultana, Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Sarah Miraglia 10. Struggling for Public, Reclaiming Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Access to Water in Medellín, Colombia - Marcela López 11. Public Renewable Energy in Africa: The Potential for Democratic Electrification - Sandra van Niekerk Part IV: Financing Public Services 12. (Re)Making Public Banks: The Case of Turkey - Thomas Marois and Ali Riza Güngen 13. Pragmatic Publics in the Heartland of Capitalism: Local Services in the United States - Mildred E. Warner 14. Post-Neoliberalism in Bolivia? Water Sector Reforms Under Evo Morales - Susan Spronk 15. Conclusion: Building a Global Pro-Public Movement - David A. McDonald