Macrodynamics of Globalisation, Uneven Urban Development and the Commodification of Water

There are crucial relationships between global capitalist stagnation and volatility, neoliberal public
policies, and uneven urban development that require explanation so as to develop appropriate progressive
strategy. This is especially true in the water sector, where both rights discourses and global movement
building are at advanced stages. On the one hand, the imposition of privatised urban water services is being
challenged in many cities; on the other, though, ongoing pressure for commercialisation means that even
after a multinational firm has left, the adverse implications of its reign may be durable. Johannesburg
illustrates the problem.Working out contrasting discourses in political-economic analysis, as above, is
crucial to any resolution of the problem in public policy via social struggle.

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