How Does Privatization Work?

ISBN-13: 9780415170239 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 320 str.

Anthony Bennett; V. V. Ramanadham

Opis

Privatization has been one of the most important elements of public policy in the last decade and there have been massive transfers of ownership from the public to the private sector on a national and international level. This book combines thematic papers with country case studies to discuss the mechanisms which have enabled this to occur, and to assess privatization's mixed achievements.
The authors, international academics, practitioners and consultants and the process of privatization is discussed in East Germany, Nigeria, Pakistan, Guyana, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Great Britain.

Spis treści

Foreword. Preface. General Papers. The Measurement of Privatization and Related Issues. Privatization in Perspective. Banking Privatization: How Compelling is the Case? Does Privatization Privatize the Public Problems? Country Papers. The Impact of Commercialization in Nigeria. Management Buy-out as an Instrument of Privatization in East Germany. Did Privatization in Israel Take Off? A Case of the Curate's Egg: the Political Economy of Privatization in Guyana. Equity Implications of Privatization in Trinidad & Tobago. Privatization in Sri Lanka - An Overview.

O autorze

Anthony Bennett