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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. 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