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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460087503321

Autore

McGowan Richard <1952->

Titolo

Privatize this? [[electronic resource] ] : assessing the opportunities and costs of privatization / / Richard A. McGowan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2011

ISBN

1-283-05305-5

9786613053053

0-313-37587-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

338.9/25

Soggetti

Privatization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A brief history of the privatization versus nationalization debate -- An arena model for the privatization question -- International examples -- Privatizing Sin : the 21st-century cigarette industry -- Privatize or nationalize? : Argentina's privatization of its oil industry -- The never-ending cycle of privatization : Venezuela's oil industry -- A public good or inefficiency : port facilities in the United States and Canada -- State-operated industries that were once private enterprises -- State-controlled liquor stores I: Pennsylvania -- State-controlled liquor stores II: New Hampshire -- Public transportation regional authorities : should the Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City systems be privatized? -- Proposed and newly privatized industries -- The evolution and scope of the privatized prison industry -- Privatizing a lottery : the case of Illinois -- Conclusion -- General motors and the government bailout : the hybrid privatization.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers an expert examination of the ideology and motives behind the privatization or the nationalization of an industry, based on real case studies.