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1. Introduction: The Wonderful Worlds of Making Public - David A. McDonald

Section I: Engaging Communities and Workers
2. Work of the Ants: Labour and Community Reinventing Public Water in Colombia - Madeleine Bélanger Dumontier, Susan Spronk and Adrian Murray
3. Old Trash, New Ideas: Public Waste Management and Informal Reclaimers - Melanie Samson
4. Ships Passing in the Dark? Reigniting Labour-Community Alliances for Public Services in South Africa - Dale T. McKinley
5. Public Health for Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala: Monitoring from the Bottom Up - Walter Flores

Section II: Recognizing Quasi-Public Actors
6. Electrified Publics and Informal Settlements in India - Bipasha Baruah
7. Principles and Pitfalls: Searching for Public in ‘Community-Led Total Sanitation’ - Mary Galvin
8. Public Faith: Christian and Muslim Health Services in Uganda - Yoswa Dambisya, Mulalo Manenzhe and Allie Kibwika-Muyinda

Section III: Promoting Equity and Democratic Control
9. Gender Equity, Citizenship and Public Water in Bangladesh - Farhana Sultana, Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Sarah Miraglia
10. Struggling for Public, Reclaiming Citizenship: Everyday Practices of Access to Water in Medellín, Colombia - Marcela López
11. Public Renewable Energy in Africa: The Potential for Democratic Electrification - Sandra van Niekerk

Section IV: Financing Public Services
12. (Re)Making Public Banks: The Case of Turkey - Thomas Marois and Ali Riza Güngen
13. Pragmatic Publics in the Heartland of Capitalism: Local services in the United States - Mildred E. Warner
14. Post-Neoliberalism in Bolivia? Water Sector Reforms under Evo Morales - Susan Spronk

15. Conclusion: Building a Global Pro-Public Movement - David A. McDonald