Search for dissertations about: "privatisation of water"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words privatisation of water.

  2. 1. Private Rivers : Politics of Renewable Energy and the Rise of Water Struggles in Turkey

    Author : Mine Islar; LUCSUS; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Renewable energy; neoliberal state; water rights; privatisation; Turkey; sustainability;

    Abstract : Private Rivers is a study of contested processes whereby use rights to water are privatised for electricity production. It engages with the issues of renewable energy solutions and the sustainability of run-of-river hydro projects in Turkey by investigating the connection between these policies and justice for rural populations, whose livelihood depends on the rivers. READ MORE

  4. 2. Who brings the water? Negotiating state responsibility in water sector reform in Niger

    Author : Stina Hansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Niger; water services; the state in Africa; governmentality; responsibilisation; responsibility; ownership; privatisation; decentralisation; narrative method; the state in Africa;

    Abstract : For over 40 years the water sector in Niger has been subject to constant reform reflecting and accompanying general changes in the construction of the role of the state in provision of public services. This is a process that has closely followed different movements in what can be called glo-bal development discourse. READ MORE

  5. 3. Framing the water and sanitation challenge : A history of urban water supply and sanitation in Ghana 1909 - 2005

    Author : Anna Bohman; Lena Andersson-Skog; Urban Strandberg; Björn-Ola Linnér; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ghana; urban water supply; sanitation; institutional change; policy development; frames; private sector participation; economic history; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the development of urban water supply and sanitation services in Ghana from 1909 to 2005.  Special focus is put on institutional arrangements with regard to networked, large scale and centrally managed water and sewerage services. READ MORE