Cost Recovery and the Crisis of Service Delivery in South Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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This is the first book in South Africa - and internationally - to bring together a theoretical and empirical review of the impact of cost recovery on basic municipal services such as water and electricity. There has been a dramatic shift worldwide from welfare municipalism to a neoliberal vision of balanced budgets and fiscal restraint. Cost recovery is at the heart of this new municipal vision with far reaching implications for access to services, affordability and privatization.The book describes the theory and practice of cost recovery and lays out the conceptual framework for six case studies. The book offers two distinct sets of alternative possibilities. The first are reformist in nature, arguing for more equity-oriented models of cost recovery. The second are more radical and explore ways of reversing the insidious effects of commodification, the role of the market in shaping the moral and economic fabric of service delivery, and the way we "value" essential goods such as water.This book will be of interest both theoretically and empirically to anyone interested in local governance, service delivery, public goods and social movements.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2003-01-01
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781842773314

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Preface - Dennis BrutusIntroduction - David McDonald and John Pape1. The Theory and Practice of Cost Recovery in South Africa - David McDonald2. Debt and Disconnection: The Case of Fort Beaufort, Queenstown and Stutterheim - Gregory Ruiters3. "Massive Cutoffs":Cost Recovery and Electricity Service in Diepkloof, Soweto - Grace Khunou4. Cost Recovery and Pre-paid Water Meters and the Cholera Outbreak in KwaZulu Natal: A Case Study in Madlebe - Hameda Deedat and Eddie Cottle5. "They are Killing us Alive": A Case Study of the Impact of Cost Recovery on Service Provision in Makhaza Section, Khayelitsha - Mthetho Xali6. The Struggle Against Encroachment: Constantia and the Defence of White Privilege in the "New" South Africa - John Pape7. Viva Prepaids, Viva! Assessing New Technology for Cost Recovery in the Rural Northern Cape - Hameda Deedat8. The Bell Tolls for Thee: Cost Recovery, Cutoffs and the Affordability of Municipal Services in South Africa - David McDonald9. Looking for an alternative to cost recovery - John PapeIndex