Privatization
An International Review Of Performance
Published on 9. March 2018
320 pages
978-0-429-96657-6 (ISBN)
Description
Contracting out public sector services and divesting public enterprises are reforms that have enjoyed widespread global popularity in recent years. Better services, lower prices and greater accountability are the promises made by politicians, senior executives, and investment companies when functions are moved from the public sector to private enterprise. But in Privatization, Graeme A. Hodge challenges these assumptions. Through an examination of hundreds of international studies on the performance of privatization activities, Hodge demonstrates that privatizing public services is often not the guaranteed panacea portrayed by its political supporters. Importantly, privatization activities can lead to modest gains, but there are also winners and losers in this reform. It therefore deserves far more care and balanced debate than it usually attracts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
5,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-429-96657-6 (9780429966576)
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Person
Graeme Hodge
Content
Concepts Underpinning Privatization -- Introduction -- Privatization Patterns -- Theoretical Foundations for Privatization -- Performance Evalution Framework -- Performance Framework for the Assessment of Effectiveness -- Review Methodology -- Empirical Knowledge of Privatization Performance -- Performance Data for Privatization as Contracting Out -- Reviewing the Effectiveness of Privatization as Contracting Out -- Performance Data for Privatization as Enterprise Sales -- Reviewing the Effectiveness of Privatization as Enterprise Sales -- Learning to Get the Balance in Privatization -- Key Statistical Tests -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D
