Privatization: An International Review of Performance (Theoretical Lenses on Public Policy) - Softcover

Hodge, Graeme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081336681X ISBN 13: 9780813366814

Publisher: Perseus, 1999

Synopsis

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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About the Author:

Graeme Hodge is director (research) at the International Centre for Management in Government, Monash Mt. Eliza Business School, Monash University, Australia. He is the author of two previous books and many research papers in management, social and economic policy, and public administration. Widely acknowledged as a leading authority on privatization issues, he has been appointed adviser to Parliamentary Inquiries, and consults to federal, state, and local governments throughout Australia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Perseus
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 081336681X
• ISBN 13: 9780813366814
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332