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Politics of Inevitability
Ross Beveridge
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Paperback. Provides an analysis of the controversial privatisation of the Berlin Water Company (BWB) in 1999. This title presents an account where the interplay between the general and the specific, between neoliberalism and politicking, and between globalisation and local actors characterise the discussion. Num Pages: 236 pages, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 288.
This book provides a detailed analysis of the controversial privatisation of the Berlin Water Company (BWB) in 1999. As with other cases of privatisation around the world, the city’s government argued there was no alternative in a context of public debts and economic restructuring. Drawing on post-structuralist theory, the analysis presented here steps outside the parameters of this neat, straightforward explanation. It problematises the ‘hard facts’ upon which the decision was apparently made, presenting instead an account in which facts can be political constructions shaped by normative assumptions and political strategies. A politics of inevitability in 1990s Berlin is revealed; ... Read more
This book provides a detailed analysis of the controversial privatisation of the Berlin Water Company (BWB) in 1999. As with other cases of privatisation around the world, the city’s government argued there was no alternative in a context of public debts and economic restructuring. Drawing on post-structuralist theory, the analysis presented here steps outside the parameters of this neat, straightforward explanation. It problematises the ‘hard facts’ upon which the decision was apparently made, presenting instead an account in which facts can be political constructions shaped by normative assumptions and political strategies. A politics of inevitability in 1990s Berlin is revealed; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783531182193
SKU
V9783531182193
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About Ross Beveridge
Dr. Ross Beveridge is a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS) in Erkner, Germany.
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