The Privatization of Residential Water Supply and Sanitation Services: Social Equity Issues in the California and International Contexts
The Privatization of Residential Water Supply and Sanitation Services: Social Equity Issues in the California and International Contexts
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住宅供水和卫生服务的私有化：加州和国际背景下的社会公平问题
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2012
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Isabelle Fauconnier
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作者：
Isabelle Fauconnier
本文回顾了全球基础设施服务私有化浪潮背后的理论和政策辩论，特别关注水和卫生服务。它探讨了两个问题：第一，在全世界供水和卫生服务私有化努力迅速蔓延的过程中，社会公平考虑的地位是什么？第二，为什么供水服务私有化运动在美国流行得如此之慢？水服务的公平性是从沿着三个方面来界定的：实际获得安全饮用水的机会、经济上获得或可获得性、以及参与服务的规划和决策的机会。本文简要回顾了法国、英国和阿根廷的案例，然后更深入地考察了加州的案例，并展示了在这些不同的环境中，公平问题是如何被不同地构建的。本文从股权的角度讨论了私有化的定价和监管影响，并提出了进一步研究的方向。
This paper reviews the theoretical andpolicy debates behind the global wave of infrastructure services privatization, focusing specifically on water and sanitation services. It explores two questions: first, what is the place ofsocial equity considerations in the rapid spread of privatization endeavors in water supply and sanitation services around the world? Second, why has the water services privatization movement been so much slower to catch on in the United States? Equity in water services is defined along three dimensions: physical access to safe drinking water, economic access or ajfordability, and access to planning and decision makingfor the services. Thepaper briefly reviews cases in France, Great Britain and Argentina, then examines the case of California in more depth, and shows how equity concerns are constructed difef rently in these various settings. After discussing the pricing and regulatory implications of privatization from an equity standpoint, the paper concludes with some directions for further research.