POLSC221: Introduction to Comparative Politics

4.4: Trends in Governance: Public Sector and Privatization

• 4.4.1: The Public Sector

  • Moeketsi Letseka, Bongani Bantwini, and Ethel King-McKenzie's "Public-Union Sector Politics and the Crisis of Education in South Africa" URL

    Read this report on public-sector unions in South Africa. Why do the authors believe that teacher's unions have contributed to the country's ailing education system? What solutions do they offer in terms of reform and/or redesign?

• 4.4.2: Privatization

  • United Nations University: John Vidal's "Water Privatisation: A Worldwide Failure?" URL

    Read this article on the global trend of water privatization. What structural and economic obstacles do developing countries face by the prospect of contributing financially for access to clean and safe water?