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Urs, Kshithij.

Resisting reform? : the struggle for water in world-class Bangalore / Kshithij Urs and Richard Whittell. - New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009. - 1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169).

"Reform" for sale : the privatisation of water supply -- Neutering democracy : "world-class" visions -- Privatisation : the global hydra -- Insidious institutions : "reform" stakeholders in Bangalore -- Misplaced compassion : an illusory participatory democracy -- Emerging resistances : people fight back -- Epilogue: recovering equitable reforms.

'Resisting Reform?' looks at the attempts that have been made to 'reform' Bangalore's water supply, situating them in their global and national context and that of the city's broader development. The authors argue that treating water as a commodity is a dangerous principle for any water service, public or private.


English.

ISBN: 9788132101093 (electronic bk.) 813210109X (electronic bk.) 9788132112471 (ebook) 8132112474 (ebook)

Standard No.: 9786612004568

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water-supply--India--Bangalore.
Privatization--India--Bangalore.
Eau--Approvisionnement--Inde--Bangalore.
Privatisation--Inde--Bangalore.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Environmental--Water Supply.
Privatization.
Water-supply.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Bangalore.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD1698.I42 / B269 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 363.6/1095487