The Public-private partnerships: an option for development or a neoliberal strategy?. Critical considerations from the sociology of development
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https://doi.org/10.51378/eca.v74i757.3141Keywords:
Public-private partnership, Decentralization, Privatization, State-Society Relations, Development, NeoliberalismAbstract
This paper discusses the equity dimension of partnerships between vulnerable communities, local governments, and private-sector companies—partnerships that aim to provide basic services and infrastructure. It also examines the conditions necessary to meet the expectations of vulnerable social groups regarding these partnerships, as well as the critical role the state plays in intervening in this process. In the context of peripheral countries, the article focuses on the conceptual inconsistencies surrounding public-private partnerships that lead to outcomes opposite to those supposedly intended. It also highlights the ambivalent and deceptive nature of such partnerships, which, when operating effectively, enable a form of disguised privatization that benefits the interests of the private sector and the market, under the guise of sharing power with the state and vulnerable communities.
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