Making Public in a Privatized World: The Struggle for Essential Services The Struggle for Essential Services

With contributors ranging from cutting-edge scholars to activists working in health, water and energy provision, and with case studies covering a broad spectrum of localities and actors – from public health activists in rural Guatemala, to waste pickers in India and decentralized solar electricity initiatives in Africa – Making Public in a Privatized World uncovers the radically different ways in which public services are being reshaped from the grassroots up.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction: The Wonderful Worlds of Making Public - David A. McDonald

Section I: Engaging Communities and Workers

• 2. Work of the Ants: Labour and Community Reinventing Public Water in Colombia - Madeleine Bélanger Dumontier, Susan Spronk and Adrian Murray
• 3. Old Trash, New Ideas: Public Waste Management and Informal Reclaimers - Melanie Samson
• 4. Ships Passing in the Dark? Reigniting Labour-Community Alliances for Public Services in South Africa - Dale T. McKinley
• 5. Public Health for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala: Monitoring from the Bottom Up - Walter Flores

Section II: Recognizing Quasi-Public Actors

• 6. Electrified Publics and Informal Settlements in India - Bipasha Baruah
• 7. Principles and Pitfalls: Searching for Public in ‘Community-Led Total Sanitation’ - Mary Galvin 8. Public Faith: Christian and Muslim Health Services in Uganda - Yoswa Dambisya, Mulalo Manenzhe and Allie Kibwika-Muyinda

Section III: Promoting Equity and Democratic Control

• 9. Gender Equity, Citizenship and Public Water in Bangladesh - Farhana Sultana, Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Sarah Miraglia
• 10. Struggling for Public, Reclaiming Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Access to Water in Medellín, Colombia - Marcela López
• 11. Public Renewable Energy in Africa: The Potential for Democratic Electrification - Sandra van Niekerk

Section IV: Financing Public Services

• 12. (Re)Making Public Banks: The Case of Turkey - Thomas Marois and Ali Riza Güngen
• 13. Pragmatic Publics in the Heartland of Capitalism: Local services in the United States - Mildred E. Warner
• 14. Post-Neoliberalism in Bolivia? Water Sector Reforms under Evo Morales - Susan Spronk

• 15. Conclusion: Building a Global Pro-Public Movement - David A. McDonald