Financialising household water: Thames Water, MEIF, and 'ring-fenced' politics

Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-439

  Allen, John ^a   Pryke, Michael ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

financialisation; infrastructure funds; leveraged debt; postpolitical; privatisation

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL SYSTEM; OWNERSHIP; PRIVATIZATION; WATER ECONOMICS; WATER INDUSTRY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 84886447379     PISSN: 17521378     EISSN: 17521386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cjres/rst010     Document Type: Article

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