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Reconstituting the Public-Private Divide under Global Conditions: the Case of Dutch and British Water Management
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Abstract How is the line to be drawn in the public–private divide when those who would bridge it also assert that globalization restricts the state's ability to deliver public policy objectives? Critics of modernity have seen the distinction between two public–private discourses, state and market, the open a... view more
How is the line to be drawn in the public–private divide when those who would bridge it also assert that globalization restricts the state's ability to deliver public policy objectives? Critics of modernity have seen the distinction between two public–private discourses, state and market, the open and the hidden, as a modern flawed version of classic notions of the democratic citizen community. The projection of the divide on to a global stage appears to take us even further from that ideal. We report the results of a narrative analysis of the way practitioners in the Netherlands and England and Wales now deliver global public goods in the management of water as
compared with their predecessors delivering public health and progress in the 19th century. In their adherence to the water systems concept we find them actively supporting a transparent public sphere beyond the state where multiple forms of agency assert global responsibilities.... view less
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Free Keywords
globalization; narrative analysis; public-private divide; transparency; water management
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 227-248
Journal
Global Social Policy, 5 (2005) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1468018105053680
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)