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1. Alternatives to Privatization

   Public Options for Essential Services in the Global South

   Edited by David A. McDonald, Greg Ruiters

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society

   There is a vast literature for and against privatizing public services. Those who are against privatization are often confronted with the objection that they present no alternative. This book takes up that challenge by establishing theoretical models for what does (and does not) constitute an...

   Published February 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Urban Identity

   Learning from Place

   Edited by Brian Evans, Frank McDonald, David Rudlin

   Urban Identity is the second in the successful Learning from Place series that draws upon the wealth of experience in the Academy of Urbanism. This edition deals with the subject of urban identity and character. Why is it that all modern towns and cities look the same, as they become dominated by...

   Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
3. World City Syndrome

   Neoliberalism and Inequality in Cape Town

   By David A. McDonald

   Series: Routledge Studies in Human Geography

   The literature on ‘world cities’ has had an enormous influence on urban theory and planning alike. From Manila to London, academics and policy makers have attempted to understand, and to some extent strive for, world city status. This book is a study of Cape Town’s standing in this network of urban...

   Published September 23rd 2009 by Routledge
4. Electric Capitalism

   Recolonising Africa on the Power Grid

   Edited by David A. McDonald

   Although Africa is the most under-supplied region of the world for electricity, its economies are utterly dependent on it. There are enormous inequalities in electricity access, with industry receiving abundant supplies of cheap power while more than 80 per cent of the continent's population remain...

   Published December 15th 2008 by Routledge
5. The Age of Commodity

   Water Privatization in Southern Africa

   By Greg Ruiters

   Edited by David A. McDonald

   As globalization and market liberalization march forward unabated the global commons continue to be commodified and privatized at a rapid pace. In this global process, the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly a flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere is...

   Published November 30th 2004 by Routledge
6. Food Lipids and Health

   By Richard E. McDonald, David B. Min

   Series: Ift Basic Symposium

   Examines recent advances in lipid chemistry and nutrition, and how these advances affect the food industry. The work addresses major lipid health issues, including dietary recommendations, atherosclerosis, cancer, immune response, and bone health. It disscusses controversial topics such as the...

   Published June 11th 1996 by CRC Press