The Political Economy of Privatization

1. Auflage 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-12705-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 500 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 752 g

In The Political Economy of Privatization the authors assess the success of privatization. The work is an international study of the extensive privatization, and the pressure towards privatization, in different parts of the world. The book includes:

* A study of the relationship between ownership and performance;

* An assessment of the importance of market structure and regulation;

* A discussion of privatization strategies within the public sector;

* Individual country case-studies, looking at the experience of different countries engaged in the contrasting approaches to privatization.

* A critical assessment of the much vaunted relationship between ownership and efficiency.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clarke, Thomas

Pitelis, Christos

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures, List of tables, Contributors, Preface, 1 INTRODUCTION: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PRIVATIZATION, Part I Ownership and performance, Part II Market structure and regulation, Part III Privatization strategies within the public sector, Part IV Privatization in advanced industrial economies, Part V Privatization in Eastern Europe, Part VI Privatization in developing countries, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Clarke is Professor of Coporate Governance at Leeds Buusiness School, Leeds Metropolitan University.
Christos Pitelis is the Barclays Bank Lecturer in Industrial Organization & Corporate Strategy at the Judge Institute of Management Studies and Official Fellow in Economics at Queen's College ,University of Cambridge.