[Peace] Fwd: SPECIAL SEMINAR: Nov. 15th--Neoliberalism, Cities, and Privatization of Basic Services: Case Studies from South Africa

[Alfred Kagan]

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>Subject: SPECIAL SEMINAR:  Nov. 15th--Neoliberalism, Cities, and
>   Privatization of Basic Services:  Case Studies from South Africa
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>Neoliberalism, Cities, and Privatization of Basic Services:
>Case Studies from South Africa
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>This exciting mini-seminar reports on the field project carried out by an
>interdisciplinary group of graduate students in Cape Town, South Africa,
>examining the global trend of privatization in cities. These case studies
>ground our abstract understanding of global neoliberalism with concrete
>examples of privatization of public spaces, transportation, waste, and
>housing. It also reports on the anti-privatization movement that has
>emerged among the poor in response to the state's neoliberal agenda.
>
>FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2002
>9 AM TO 12:30 PM
>THE GALLERY (ROOM 25)
>TEMPLE BUELL HALL
>
>Presentation Schedule
>Opening:9:00-9:30
>Conceptual framework and project overview
>    Faranak Miraftab
>
>Session 1:9:30-10:45
>"Privatization of Public Transportation"
>     Lucas Cruse
>"City Improvement Districts: A Continuation of Exclusion in South Africa"
>     Laurie Scott and Vishal Bhargava
>
>Discussion
>
>Break10:45-11:00 Refreshments will be provided
>
>Session 2:11:00-12:30
>"Privatization of Waste Collection Services and Empowerment"
>     Nicole Lamers
>
>"Anti-Privatization/Anti-Eviction Movements: Emerging resistance in the
>'New' South Africa"
>     Shana Wills
>
>Discussion
>
>This interdisciplinary mini seminar is recommended to all students and
>faculty concerned with urban inequities and the contemporary processes of
>global neoliberalism. Presentations will be complemented by audiovisual
>material and video clips of anti-privatization demonstrations held this
>summer in Cape Town.
>
>For more information contact Faranak Miraftab at: faranak at uiuc.edu


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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu
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