DEVS 100 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Capital Accumulation, Neocolonialism, Comparative Advantage
9 Dec 2017
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Gendered cities: high population and population density. Affordable" connection to septic systems: no forced evictions, evidence of documentation (**not necessarily ownership just have some sense of security associated with it) What is privatization: when the government sells (e. g. water) sells all materials to a private company to sell), a spectrum of engagement. New public management/corporatization: state owned and managed entities run on private sector operating principles, evaluated on profit performance. Ring-fenced" from other public entities no longer considered as citizens we are customers". Inefficient: bloated after 40 years of welfares", unaccountable, lacking skills, unimaginative, lacking incentives for improvement, prone to corruption. Lack of public resources: governments are broke, urgent need for services. Bad for the poor: price increase, red-lining, cut-offs, poor quality services. Bad for long-term planning: loss of institutional memory, lack of investment, difficult to reverse (hard to go back to public) very expensive. Bad for democratic governance: dominated by multinationals, corruption, limited capacity of state to monitor.
