Rethinking
Corporatization and Public Services
in the Global South
Edited by David A. McDonald
 After three decades of privatization and anti-state
rhetoric, government ownership and public management are back in vogue.
This book explores this rapidly growing trend towards ‘corporatization’ -
public enterprises owned and operated by the state, with varying degrees
of autonomy. If sometimes driven by neoliberal agendas, there exist
examples of corporatization that could herald a brighter future for
equity-oriented public services.
Drawing on original case studies on Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Tunisia and Uruguay, this book critically examines the
histories, structures, ideologies and social impacts of corporatization
in the water and electricity sectors, interrogating the extent to which
it can move beyond commercial goals to deliver progressive public
services. The first collection of its kind, it offers rich empirical
insight and theoretical depth into what has become one of the most
important public policy shifts for essential services in the global
South. View contents...
Contributors:
Daniel Chavez | Catherine Baron | Ali Bennasr and Eric Verdeil
| Susan Spronk, Carlos Crespo and Marcela Olivera | Nepomuceno
Malaluan | Buenaventura Dargantes, Victor Chiong, Hedda Dargantes
and Elsie Mira | Emanuele Lobina and David Hall
Order from: Zed Books (Limited
number of free copies available to individuals and organizations located
in the South. Please write to us for details.)
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Book Launch
Reorienting
Development: State-owned Enterprises in Latin America and the World (edited by
Daniel Chavez and Sebastian Torres) analyses what the nature,
advantages, limitations and challenges of public companies are. It also
offers new theoretical and conceptual insights on the nature and roles of
the state and the controversial meanings of development. Learn more...
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Op-ed
When public
outperforms private.
A heated debate still rages as to the extent and effect of essential
service commercialisation in South Africa, but the battle lines and main
players remain largely unchanged since the mid-1990s. What has changed is
the desire to move beyond this rather stale debate, and to articulate
alternatives to privatisation, not just criticism. Continue reading...
Advice from 2014 Municipal Services Project,
Global Development Studies, Queen’s University, Mac-Corry Hall, Kingston ON, K7L 3N6 Canada
MunicipalServicesProject spadmin@queensu.ca
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