03541nam 2200721 450 991081322130332120210311111955.01-350-22215-11-78032-370-01-283-60948-797866139219321-78032-008-610.5040/9781350222151(CKB)2670000000246442(EBL)4708201(SSID)ssj0000739016(PQKBManifestationID)12304538(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000739016(PQKBWorkID)10673012(PQKB)11539159(MiAaPQ)EBC1026924(Au-PeEL)EBL1026924(CaPaEBR)ebr10603027(CaONFJC)MIL392193(OCoLC)811507378(CaBNVSL)9781350222151(EXLCZ)99267000000024644220210311h20212012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReclaiming public ownership making space for economic democracy /Andrew CumbersLondon, England :Zed Books,2012.[London, England] :Bloomsbury Publishing,20211 online resource (211 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78032-006-X 1-78032-007-8 Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-243) and index.Cover; About the author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: an unexpected guest -- the return of public ownership; Part One Public ownership and its discontents; 1 Public ownership as state ownership: the post-1945 legacy; 2 The neoliberal onslaught and the politics of privatization; 3 Coming to terms with Hayek: markets, planning and economic democracy; Part Two The return of public ownership; 4 Financial crisis and the rediscovery of the state in the neoliberal heartland; 5 Public ownership and an alternative political economy in Latin America.6 Alternative globalizations and the discourse of the commonsPart Three Remaking public ownership; 7 Remaking and rescaling public ownership; 8 State ownership, deliberative democracy and elite interests in Norway's oil bonanza; 9 Decentred public ownership and the Danish wind power revolution; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.As the destructive tendencies of the current profit-driven economic model become daily more self-evident, there is a growing demand for a fairer economic alternative. Reclaiming Public Ownership goes beyond traditional leftist arguments about the relative merits of free markets and central planning to present a radical new conception of public ownership, framed around economic democracy and public participation. A timely reconsideration of a long-standing but essential topic.Economic historyGovernment ownershipGreat BritainPrivatizationGreat BritainGovernment business enterprisesGreat BritainEconomicsbicsscEconomic history.Government ownershipPrivatizationGovernment business enterprisesEconomics330.9Cumbers Andrew306189MHWCaBNVSLCaBNVSLBOOK9910813221303321Reclaiming public ownership3950225UNINA