"Using empirical evidence from Costa Rica and El Salvador, outlines alternative principles underlying water and electricity provision, including social rights, accountability, and environmental sustainability. Argues that an excessive market orientation marginalized these principles while...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: Public Utility Reform: Problems and Perspectives -- 1 Theorizing Public Goods: The Role of Organizing Principles -- 2 ‘‘For the People’’: Constructing the...