SETEOLU BAMIDELE FOLABI

Political Science

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Topic: Political Economy

Description: Political economy defines the interface of politics and economy within the context of class relations. The primacy of material conditions is a defining analytic framework of the political economy approach. The social relations and the struggles accompanying socio-economic and political issues are interrogated through this methodology. The political economy orientation applies to the domestic and international politics; this approach underpins the importance of the economic sub-structure to explain objective social realities.

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	Ph.D (Political Science)	Political Science	2008

The Political Economy of Water: Commodifying Access to Water in Lagos

The ownership of water sources has provoked debates, schisms and disputations among groups, interests, sub nationalities and nation states. It is, therefore, a major social question; which is central to human existence. The shift from water as public utility to a priced commodity is, however, problematic.This paper examines the shift from publicly owned water supply system to commercially based approach in Lagos. It appraises the implications for access to potable Water especially by the class of urban poor and rural residents category, the responses of state actors and the social consequences. It relies on the political economy approach to examine the struggles between the populace and state actors, as a result of the commercialisation and privatisation of water supply in Lagos environment particularly in this contemporary times. It concludes that the access to safe and potable water will likely be limited by its cost

SETEOLU BAMIDELE is a Associate Professor / Reader at the Department of Political Science

SETEOLU has a Ph.D in Political Science from Political Science