Limits to privatization : how to avoid too much of a good thing ; a report to the Club of Rome

ed. by Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker; Oran R. Young; Matthias Finger. With Marianne Beisheim

'In the golden days of the Washington consensus privatization was viewed as one of the central pillars of successful development. Ideology and interests triumphed over economic theory and experience both of which noted the difficulties posed by privatization and its limitations. Through a series of case studies Weizsäcker and his colleagues illustrate the limits to privatization' JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and former chief economist and senior vice-president of the World Bank 'Detailed case analysis is the only way to ensure that we learn how to get privatization

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Year of publication:	2005
Authors:	Young, Oran R. ; Finger, Matthias ; Beisheim, Marianne
Other Persons:	Weizsäcker, Ernst Ulrich von (ed.)
Publisher:	Sterling, VA : Earthscan
Subject:	Privatisierung \| Privatization \| Welt \| World \| Kritik \| Criticism \| Aufsatzsammlung \| Öffentlicher Sektor \| Versorgungswirtschaft \| Öffentliche Dienstleistung \| Industrie \| Liberalisierung

Extent:	Online-Ressource
Series:	EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Foreword by the President of the Club of Rome; Preface; Editors' Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Limits to Privatization; Part II: Privatization in Many Sectors; Initial Remarks; Water; Metals and Cement; Other Resources; Energy; Telecommunications and Postal Services; Transportation; Waste Disposal; Insurance; Culture and Media; Health; Education; Pensions; Police and Security; Part III: Privatization in Context; Initial Remarks; The General Context; The Regional Context; Special Issues; Part IV: Governance of Privatization; Initial Remarks RegulationPrivatization and Municipal Democracy; Financing Global Public Goods; Escaping Pernicious Dualism; Private Governance; 'Co-evolution' between State Regulation and the Private Sector; Part V: Conclusion; Lessons Learned from Privatization; About the Editors and Authors; Notes; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; References; Index;
ISBN:	1-4175-8314-2 ; 978-1-84977-183-2 ; 1-84977-183-9 ; 978-1-4175-8314-0 ; 1-280-47524-2 ; 978-1-280-47524-5
Classification:	Theorie der Wirtschaftspolitik, Wohlfahrtstheorie ; Versorgungswirtschaft ; Finanzwissenschaft
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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