The Cambridge Handbook of Privatization

Some goods and services seem to be fundamentally public, such as legislation, criminal punishment, and fighting wars. By contrast, other functions, such as garbage collection, do not. This volume brings together prominent scholars from a range of academic fields - including law, economics, philosophy, and sociology - to address the core question of what makes a certain good or service fundamentally public and why. Sometimes, governments and other public entities are superior because they are more likely to get at the right decisions or follow fair procedures. In other instances, the provision of goods and services by public entities is intrinsically valuable. By analyzing the these answers, the authors also explore the nature of the state and its authority. This handbook explores influential arguments for and against privatization and also develops a number of key studies explaining, justifying, or challenging the legitimacy and the desirability of public provision of particular goods and services.

Product details

• Authors: Avihay Harel Dorfman
• Assisted by: Avihay Dorfman (Editor), Alon Harel (Editor), Harel Alon (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781108497145
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49714-5
• No. of pages: 600
• Dimensions: 183 mm x 263 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print on Demand; Cambridge Law Handbooks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, LAW / Jurisprudence, Political science & theory, Public Administration, Economic systems and structures, Economic systems & structures, Jurisprudence & general issues, Political science and theory, Jurisprudence and general issues, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Public administration / Public policy