Deregulation and Transport
Market Forces in the Modern World
Published on 1. September 1990
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-1-85346-123-1 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Ill.
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85346-123-1 (9781853461231)
Copyright in bibliographic data is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or its licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Content
Part 1 Concepts and overview: concepts of privatization and deregulation, Philip Bell and Paul Cloke; regulation and control of transport in Britain, Philip Bell and Paul Cloke; an introduction to international transport deregulation, Martin Higginson. Part 2 The British experience: bus transport in the metropolitan areas and London, David Banister and Laurie Pickup; deregulation in the outer metropolitan area, Peter Stanley; bus deregulation in rural localities - an example from Wales, Philip Bell and Paul Cloke. Part 3 International experience: deregulation in a European context - the case of Sweden, Brian Fullerton; transport deregulation in advanced capitalist nations - the case of the USA, Kenneth Button; restructuring transport parastatals - case studies from Southeast Asia, Peter Rimmer. Part 4 Conclusions and recommendations: deregulation - prospects, possibilities and the way ahead, John Hibbs; deregulation - problems, warnings and a continuing case for regulation, Philip Bell and Paul Cloke.