Shrinking the State - The Political Underpinnings of Privatization

Zusammenfassung Privatization has spread worldwide during the 1980s and 1990s! reshaping the balance between state and market in many countries. This book provides a comparative analysis of privatization in the UK! USA and France! treating it as a political phenomenon! rather than a purely economic one. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Privatization and theories of state growth; 2. The political underpinnings of privatization; 3. The UK: from pragmatic to systemic privatization; 4. France: from pragmatic to tactical privatization; 5. The United States: the co-optation of pragmatic initiatives by agents of systemic change; 6. The boundaries of privatization.

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• Authors: Harvey Feigenbaum, Harvey (George Washington University Feigenbaum, Harvey B. Henig Feigenbaum, Chris Hamnett, Jeffrey Henig, Jeffrey R. Henig
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.1998
• EAN: 9780521639187
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63918-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education