DESCRIPTION
Conference Programme PDF (EN)
This conference brought together researchers, activists, labour representatives, development practitioners and policy makers from the Southern Africa region to critically review research related to municipal service delivery undertaken by the Municipal Services Project. Issues to discussed included:
- Commodifying Lives: The Micro-politics of Neoliberalism
- Social Movements and Urban Services
- Mental Health, Poverty and Municipal Services
- Municipal Services and HIV/Aids
- Implementing Occupational Health and Safety
- Municipal Services and the Environment
- Beyond Infrastructure: Cholera, Hand washing and Water
- Electric Capitalism: The Energy Sector and New Modes of Accumulation
- Free Basic Services
- The Labour Movement and Public Services
- Scholar Activism
- New “Publics” in Service Delivery: Exploring Alternatives to Privatization