Format:
1 online resource (429 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781844071777
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9781849771832
Content:
Limits to Privatization is the first thorough audit of privatizations from around the world. It outlines the historical emergence of globalization and liberalization, and from analyses of over 50 case studies of best- and worst-case experiences of privatization, it provides guidance for policy and action that will restore and maintain the right balance between the powers and responsibilities of the state, the private sector and the increasingly important role of civil society. The result is a book of major importance that challenges one of the orthodoxies of our day and provides a benchmark for future debate
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Front Cover -- Limits to Privatization -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Boxes -- Foreword by the President of the Club of Rome: Prince El Hassan Bin Talal -- Preface: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young and Matthias Finger -- Editors' Acknowledgements -- Part I: Introduction -- Limits to Privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young, Matthias Finger -- Part II: Privatization in Many Sectors: Case Studies and Snapshots -- Initial remarks: Oran R. Young -- Natural Resources and Related Industries -- Water -- Solving water-supply problems in Bolivia: Beyond Cochabamba: Ralf Südhoff -- A 'waterl'eau' in Grenoble, France: Martin Stürmer -- Manila: A success story turned sour: Dörte Bernhardt -- Thames Water Utilities Limited, UK: Matthias Finger and Roger Levett -- Water privatization in Tanzania: : Mixed results: Jürgen Scheffran -- Budapest sewage works: Partial privatization of a Central European utility: Alexander Juras and Todd Schenk -- Management Success at Rostock, Germany: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Metals and Cement -- Privatization of the mining sector in Zambia: The case of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM): Brenda Mofya and Brighton Lubansa -- Saving Sidex Galati steel mills in Romania: Black Sea University Foundation -- Union Miniere Pirdop Copper, Bulgaria: A case of privatization and the environment: Alexander Juras and Todd Schenk -- Other Resources -- The fight against patents on the neem tree: Vandana Shiva and Ruth Brand -- The basmati patent: Ruth Brand -- Privatizing nature: Plundering biodiversity: Aziz Choudry -- Private forests in Germany: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Network Industries -- Energy -- Enron: Unregulated master of influence: Matthias Finger -- The price to pay for deregulation of electricity supply in California: Ruth Brand and Jürgen Scheffran
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A weak spot in the US private pension system: Beate Klein -- The Swiss three-pillar pension system Geneviève: Reday-Mulvey -- Police and Security -- 'Rent a soldier': The privatization of security and war and the case of mercenary companies in Africa: Thomas Thümmel, Fabian Fechner and Jürgen Scheffran -- Privatization of police services in Frankfurt, Germany: Tonia Sophie Müller and Simon Stähler -- Private prisons in the US: John Züchner -- Part III: Privatization in Context -- Initial remarks: Oran R. Young -- The General Context -- Post-war history: The ups and downs of the public sector: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- The global context: Privatization in a globalizing world: Oran R. Young -- The Regional Context -- Privatization in G7 countries: Matthias Finger -- Privatization in Latin America: Jorge A. Schiavon -- Liberalization of services: Experiences of African consumers: Nessie R. Golakai -- No limits? Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: Zsolt Boda -- Privatization in South Asia: Joachim Betz -- Special Issues -- Essential services: Shifting the burden of proof: Tim Kessler and Nancy Alexander -- Privatization of the infrastructures: Matthias Finger -- The top public service transnational corporations: Matthias Finger -- How GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) jeopardizes essential services: Nancy Alexander and Timothy Kessler -- Privatization and development: Andreas Obser -- Privatization and corruption: Frédéric Boehm, Juanita Olaya and Jaime Polanco -- Employment impacts of privatization: Rolph van der Hoeven and Hella Hoppe -- Women's rights under privatization: The example of Bulgaria, Poland, Russia and the Ukraine Anne Zollner -- Environmental impacts of privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Does privatization provide the right choice of choice?Observations from the UK: Roger Levett
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Part IV: Governance of Privatization -- Initial remarks: Oran R. Young -- Regulation: Matthias Finger -- Example: Water privatization working for the poor - first dos and don'ts of regulation: Ralf Südhoff -- Example: Accountability instead of privatization - The Parana (Brazil) school performance report cards: Alcyone Vasconcelos and Simon Schwartzman -- Privatization and Municipal Democracy: Nele Schneidereit and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Financing Global Public Goods: Challenges Inge Kaul -- Example: Private funding of infrastructure in developing countries: Peter Wolff -- Escaping Pernicious Dualism: Civil Society between the State and the Firm: Teodor Shanin and Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker -- Private Governance: Private Rules for Privatization?: Marianne Beisheim -- Example: The 'CSR navigator': Björn Stigson and Margaret Flaherty -- 'Co-evolution' between State Regulation and the Private Sector: Raimund Bleischwitz -- Part V: Conclusion -- Lessons Learned from Privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young, Matthias Finger and Marianne Beisheim -- About the Editors and Authors -- Notes -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- References -- Index
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Telecommunications and Postal Services -- Telecommunications in Mexico, Uruguay and Argentina: A tale of contrasts: Jochen Boekhoff -- Privatization of telecommunication in Japan: Thomas Thümmel and Max Thümmel -- Privatization in outer space: Lessons from Landsat and beyond: Jürgen Scheffran -- TPG Post: a Dutch privatization success: Matthias Finger -- Transportation -- British Rail: Martin Weidauer -- Economics of transport and privatization: Felix R. FitzRoy -- Japanese National Railways: Martin Weidauer -- Regionalization as part of rail restructuring in Germany: Martin Weidauer -- Privatization of the transport sector in Argentina: Tim Gürtler -- Air New Zealand: Diwata Olalia Hunziker -- Skyguide: A case of corporatization: Matthias Finger -- Other Services -- Waste Disposal -- No time to waste: How to avoid too much of a bad thing (Germany, Malaysia): Raimund Bleischwitz and Akira Proske -- Insurance -- Abolishing property insurance monopolies in Germany: Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg -- Culture and Media -- Privatization of Italian cultural heritage: Roland Benedikter -- The Salzburg Festival: An example of public responsibility and private money: Raffaela Kluge -- The global media monsters: Private media dominate the world's public sphere: Dušan Reljić -- Health -- Partial privatization of healthcare in Chile: Olaf Rotthaus -- Healthcare in the US: Kai Senf -- Healthcare reform in Zambia: Brighton Lubansa and Brenda Mofya -- Pharmaceutical research and development for neglected diseases: Market failures and the case of sleeping sickness: Tobias Luppe -- Education -- Education in Chile: Ernst Hillebrand -- Community-managed basic education in Guatemala: A solution for the poor?: Sabine Speiser -- The increasing privatization of universities in Tanzania: Verdiana G. Masanja and Michael von Hauff -- Pensions
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Print version Beishem, Marianne Limits to Privatization London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2005 ISBN 9781844071777
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