Unwinding Privatization
Cities and the Restoration of Public Power
$123.75
- Paperback
348 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
How remunicipalization can be implemented to restructure urban governance.
Across North America, Europe, and the Global South, public services such as water and energy that were once privatized have returned to public sector functions—an intriguing new development known as remunicipalization. Unwinding Privatization, edited by Alba Alexander, Larry Bennett, Evan McKenzie, and Michael Pagano, explores the sources, scale, and implications of transferring ownership of public ser…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262053372 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262053373 |
| Author: | Alba Alexander, Larry Bennett |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 348 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Urban and Industrial Environments |
Alba Alexander
Alba Alexander is Clinical Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is a coeditor of Private Metropolis.
Evan McKenzie is Professor of Political Science and a member of the Law School faculty at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is the author of Privatopia and Beyond Privatopia.
Larry Bennett is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at DePaul University and a coeditor of the Temple University Press book series, Urban Life, Landscape, and Policy. His books include Reclaiming Modernity and the coedited Neoliberal Chicago.
Michael A. Pagano is Dean Emeritus of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and Founding Director of the Government Finance Research Center at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is a former coeditor of Urban Affairs Review, the coauthor and coeditor of 11 books on urban issues, and an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.
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