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Author:   Noelle Blackman ,  Stuart Todd
Publisher:   Worth Publishing
Imprint:   Worth Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 21.50cm
ISBN:  

9781903269176

ISBN 10:   1903269172
Pages:   80
Publication Date:   15 January 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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PART 1: WHEN WATER BECOMES A GLOBAL COMMODITY: 1. Mountain Water: A Commodity for Saudi Businessmen; 2. England and Wales: Where It All Began; 3. Two Global Giants; 4. The Water War in Cochabamba; 5. Tucuman, Argentina: A Storm of Protest; 6. Among Poor People in Rosario and Buenos Aires; 7. The Privatization Flagship is Sinking; 8. South Africa: Shezi Stole Water. PART 2: PRIVATE ALTERNATIVES: FOR AND AGAINST: 9. Companies and their Strategies; 10. The World Bank Promotes Private Solutions; 11. Ghana faces Public Private Partnerships; 12. Kenya: Twenty Children Wait for a Well; 13. The Global Water Club; 14. Suez and Veolia: We Do Not Intend to Take Any Risks!; 15. The Protest Movement; 16. Local Authorities Not Ripe For Managing the Process; 17. 'Our Goal: Good Public Options'; 18. 'Too Much Secrecy Around GATS'; 19. An Inexhaustible Source of Information; 20. Public-Public Partnerships; 21. Other Voices and Opinions. PART 3: HOW WATER PRIVATISATION EFFECTS PEOPLE IN THE RICH COUNTRIES: 22. Europe: A Growing Market?; 23. Back to England and Wales. PART 4: People and Corporations; 24. Why Care?; 25. A Revealing Stakeholder Report; 26. Water: An Unlimited Fountain of Engagement

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Stuart Todd is Senior Research Fellow at the Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, Cardiff University. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed and professional journals. Noelle Blackman is an Assistant Director of Respond, London and Vice Chair of the Network for the Palliative Care of People with Learning Disabilities (UK). She is the author of Loss and Learning Disability (Worth Publishing ,2003).

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