International Privatisation : Strategies and Practices

Intro -- Introduction: Privatising the World? -- Part I. International Privatisation Policy -- Chapter 1. The Internationalisation of Privatisation -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Growth of Public Ownership -- 1.3 The Challenge to Public Ownership -- 1.4 Explaining the Spread of Privatisation: Prevailing Orthodoxies, Received Wisdom and the Policy Community -- 1.5 Explaining the Spread of Privatisation: The Role of International Institutions in Developed Countries -- 1.6 Explaining the Spread of Privatisation: The Role of International Institutions in Developing and Former Socialist Countries -- 1.7 The Case of Electricity -- 1.8 Conclusions -- Chapter 2. The Legal Techniques of Privatisation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Common Problems -- 2.3 Changes of Ownership, Activities, and Assets -- 2.4 Transformation and Liquidation -- 2.5 Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Privatization and "Popular Capitalism": The Case of Japan -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Case of Zaibatsu Dissolution -- 3.3 Dispersion of Frozen Shares -- 3.4 Case of NTT (Nihon Telegraph & Telephone) -- 3.5 Illusion of "Popular Capitalism" -- Part II. The Retreat of the State in the Advanced Industrial Economies -- Chapter 4. Privatization American Style: The "Grand Illusion" -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Privatization and Economic Performance -- 4.3 Privatization and Deficit Reduction -- 4.4 Privatization and Economic Growth -- 4.5 Privatization and Union Power -- 4.6 Privatization and "Popular Capitalism" -- 4.7 Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Privatising State Owned Housing -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Privatisations -- 5.3 Preconditions for Extensive Privatisation? -- 5.4 Council House Sales -- 5.5 Evaluating the Effects of Policy -- 5.6 What has been Sold and Where? -- 5.7 Who Buys? -- 5.8 Gainers and Losers -- 5.9 Other Aspects -- 5.10 The Context for Housing Privatisation -- 5.11 Conclusions.