Author : Kathryn Furlong
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774831510
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Book Synopsis Leaky Governance by : Kathryn Furlong
Download or read book Leaky Governance written by Kathryn Furlong and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Municipalities face important water supply challenges. One response has been to render utilities independent from municipal government through alternative service delivery (ASD). For its proponents, ASD provides needed autonomy from municipal government; for its detractors, it is privatization under another name. Using Ontario as a case study, Kathryn Furlong paints a complex picture of both ASD and municipal government. Examining organizational models for water supply and how they are affected by shifting governance and institutional environments, she reveals water management and municipal governance to be deeply interdependent and contends that both must be strengthened to meet contemporary water supply needs.