Resisting reform? : the struggle for water in world-class Bangalore / Kshithij Urs and Richard Whittell.

By:

Urs, Kshithij

Contributor(s):

Whittell, Richard

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 169 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9788132101093
813210109X
9788132112471
8132112474

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Resisting reform?DDC classification:

363.6/1095487 22

LOC classification:

HD1698.I42 B269 2009eb

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Contents:

"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.

Summary: '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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-169).

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'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.

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