This volume presents the first systematic review of public bank lending in the water sector in the Global South. Many public banks have an explicit mandate to finance public water management, yet despite a resurgence of interest in public banks and the role they can play in sustainable...

"This volume presents the first systematic review of public bank lending in the water sector in the Global South. Many public banks have an explicit mandate to finance public water management yet, despite a resurgence of interest in public banks and the role they can play in sustainable...

Cover -- About the Editor -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 | Introduction: The Wonderful Worlds of Making Public -- What Do We Want? -- Advancing Publicness -- Structure of the Book -- Note --...

Intro -- About the editor -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- 1 Public ambiguity and the multiple meanings of corporatization -- State of the debate -- Corporatization in historical perspective -- Neoliberal corporatization...

"There is a vast literature for and against privatizing public services. Those who are against privatization are often confronted with the objection that they present no alternative. This book takes up that challenge by establishing theoretical models for what does (and does not) constitute an...

There is a vast literature for and against privatizing public services. Those who are against privatization are often confronted with the objection that they present no alternative. This book takes up that challenge by establishing theoretical models for what does (and does not) constitute an...

Broadly defined as an ‘African worldview’ that places communal interests above those of the individual, and where human existence is dependent upon interaction with others, <italic>ubuntu</italic> has a long tradition on the continent. This paper explores the ways in which the philosophy and language of...</italic>

1. Electric capitalism : conceptualising electricity and capital accumulation in (South) Africa / David A. McDonald -- 2. Escom to Eskom : from racial Keynesian capitalism to neo-liberalism (1910-1994) / Leonard Gentle -- 3. Market liberalisation and continental expansion : the repositioning of...