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Limiting resources : market-led reform and the transformation of public goods /

"Using empirical evidence from Costa Rica and El Salvador, outlines alternative principles underlying water and electricity provision, including social rights, accountability, and environmental sustainability. Argues that an excessive market orientation marginalized these principles while weake...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haglund, LaDawn, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
Subjects:
Public goods.
Electric power > El Salvador.
Electric power > Costa Rica.
Water resources development > El Salvador.
Water resources development > Costa Rica.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:"Using empirical evidence from Costa Rica and El Salvador, outlines alternative principles underlying water and electricity provision, including social rights, accountability, and environmental sustainability. Argues that an excessive market orientation marginalized these principles while weakening state structures and accountability mechanisms and benefiting a small group of elites" --Provided by publisher.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 238 pages :) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-233) and index.
ISBN:9780271053547
0271053542