Predistribution and Property-Owning Democracy Seminars: “Development Alternatives Beyond the “Free Market””

The 4th session of the 2021/2022 PREDPOD- Democracy online seminar, will take place on March 8th, at 3pm (Lisbon time). In this session we will be discussing the recent paper “Development Alternatives Beyond the “Free Market”’ (2021). Susan Spronk, the author, and our invited speaker will make a brief presentation of the main ideas of her paper which will be followed by a reply by a discussant to be announced and a debate with the participants.

Susan Spronk (speaker): Susan Spronk teaches at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on the impact of neoliberalism on the transformation of the state, social policy, and the rise of anti-privatization movements in Latin America and South Africa. She is also a research associate with the Municipal Services Project, an international research project that focuses on policy alternatives in municipal service delivery in Africa, Asia and Latin America (http://www.municipalservicesproject.org). Her articles have appeared in Studies in Political Economy, Water Alternatives, Latin American Perspectives, International Labor and Working Class History, amongst others. Her most recent book in English and Spanish is Public Water and Covid-19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings (with David A. McDonald and Daniel Chavez).