- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Privatization of the water system and its effect on black middle class employees in the city of Atlanta, 2000
- Creator:
- Jenkins, Ittriss
- Date of Original:
- 2000-07-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examined the impact that privatization of the public water system in Atlanta had on the black middle class employees in the department. The case study approach was used to explore the cause and effect of the resolution that allowed the mayor of Atlanta to privatize the water system. The independent variable was the privatization system. There were many dependent variables being measured. In this project the researcher used primary and secondary information. The researcher utilized the Internet, personal interviews, and content analysis in order to reach a conclusion. There were also court cases studies done to try and predict the impact that privatization would have on the City of Atlanta. The conclusion drawn reflects the findings that the system of privatization has an ominous relationship with blacks. This system has the potential to further disenfranchise blacks in the Metro-Atlanta area. The city workers do not have the pension money they worked hard for. This system is in its early stages, but the research leads us to believe that this system is not beneficial to middle class blacks working in the water department.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:2000_jenkins_ittriss
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
