Waseda University’s Global Asia Research Center Online Seminar Series
COVID-19 and Socio-ecological Transition

Autumn and Winter Quarters, 2020

Coordinated by Dr. Yoshihiro Nakano & Prof. Shukuko Koyama

Session 5: Reclaiming the Public Service: On the Trend of Remunicipalization in Europe
Speaker: Satoko Kishimoto (Researcher, Transnational Institute, the Netherland)
Date & time: November 16 (Mon) 2020, 18:00 (Japan Time) /10:00 (Amsterdam Time)
Registration deadline: November 12 (Thu)

Abstract

Since the 1980s, economic globalization under auspices of neoliberalism has dramatically changed the landscape of politics, with the process of political decision being handled by a minority of big businesses. However, a decade after the 2008 financial crisis shows a rise of progressive local politics that challenges the credo of neoliberalism, such as the re- municipalizing of public services and the reinventing of solidarity-based economies. In this seminar, Satoko Kishimoto of Transnational Institute talks about the trend of re-municipalization in Europe.

 

Speaker Bio

Satoko Kishimoto is a researcher of Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is a co-author of Reclaiming Public Services: How cities and citizens are turning back privatisation (with Lavinia Steinfort, Olivier Petitjean, TNI, 2017) and The Future is Public: Towards Democratic Ownership of Public Services (with Lavinia Steinfort, Olivier Petitjean, TNI, 2020)

Duration of seminar: about 90 minutes (including presentation and discussion)
How to participate:

Register in Advance for the Zoom Invite:  Please send your e-mail message to: globalasia.socioeco.transition[at]gmail.com