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An Uncooperative Commodity

Privatizing Water in England and Wales

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Published: 1st February 2004
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This book documents the impacts of privatization and re-regulation of the water supply industry, focusing on consumers, the environment, and water supply companies. Bakker argues that water is an 'uncooperative' commodity which has proven to be more difficult than expected to commercialize, leading to increasing political and public intervention, stricter environmental and economic 're-regulation', and significant corporate restructuring which has raised questions about the long-term viability of the British model of water supply privatization.

`...this is a very welcome examination of the water industry and its peculiarities. There is a good long-term survey of the structure of the industry through its successive phases before privatization, including the corporatization and nationalization of the postwar period. The real strength lies in Bakker's attempt to link history, economics, geography, and environment in charting the contours of the industry and its future.' Economic History Review `a scholarly and investigative analysis.' Natural Resources Forum

PART I PRIVATIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF WATER SUPPLY 1: Introduction: From 'retreat of the state' to 'retreat of the market'? 2: Water: An uncooperative commodity 3: Building the networks 4: Commercializing water supply PART II RE-REGULATING THE WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY 5: Privatizing water, producing scarcity: The Yorkshire drought of 1995 6: Thirsting for equity: Consumers and the contested politics of water pricing 7: The retreat of the market? Re-regulation and water supply industry restructuring 8: Conclusions: Re-regulating water supply Bibliography

ISBN: 9780199253654
ISBN-10: 019925365X
Series: Oxford Geographical & Environmental Studies
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 242
Published: 1st February 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6  x 1.9
Weight (kg): 0.481