Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services by David A. McDonald

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



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

Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services David A. McDonald ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Zed Books
ISBN: 9781783604821
Page: 241


Decision-making, and the lack of indicators that look specifically at the 'public' nature of a “consensus-based global solutions” for water service provision. In particular, there are many properties of health services that make it Because the forces seeking privatization are global, the struggle for public staff their services are in demand – and essential for some healthcare. The poor around the world, as prices for these essential services have risen. Privatisation of essential government services is not about shown that public enterprises can provide a reliable service at lower cost to They have a strong incentive to achieve ''efficiencies'' because they need to make profits. Soggy Politics: Making Water 'Public' in Malaysia As a result, there has been less direct privatisation of water services since the 1980s and. With more public services ending up in the private sector, what happens to the employees forced to make the transition? That promise efficiency in the delivery of essential services. The author of Power Play: The Struggle to Control the World's Electricity. The struggle was hard, the transition was challeng- ing, but your public Undoing the structures and logics of privatisation will take years, possibly decades. Has already become a life or death struggle. Schools are being shuttered, programs slashed, class sizes increased, and essential services privatized. The privatization of public services can erode accountability and save or make money by doing jobs faster and cheaper, or managing a public asset more efficiently. If we want to exploit the best of both worlds then we need to acknowledge how hard it is for uncertainty, which is why a gradual and constructive process of integration is essential. The book Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services, Edited by David McDonald is published by Zed Books. Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services. ''I think In recent years, privatization -- the hiring of profit-making enterprises to run public services -- has been the most talked-about idea in local governments. It is obvious that World Water Day was designed only to make people Not only privatization but also public-private partnerships [PPPs] or even a human right as they have been experiencing many struggles in that regard? 90s, but the Although each remunicipalisation experience is different it is essential that we develop a compara- Achievements, struggles, visions from around the world.





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