LEADER 04407oam 2200721I 450 001 9910786298803321 005 20230801230301.0 010 $a1-136-31618-3 010 $a0-203-11960-6 010 $a1-299-16101-4 010 $a1-136-31619-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203119600 035 $a(CKB)2670000000331457 035 $a(EBL)1128308 035 $a(OCoLC)829461177 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822385 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11482185 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822385 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10759559 035 $a(PQKB)10409689 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1128308 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1128308 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10660665 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL447351 035 $a(OCoLC)828626500 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134453 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000331457 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPrivatization of public services $eimpacts for employment, working conditions, and service quality in Europe /$fedited by Christoph Hermann and Jorg Flecker 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in employment and work relations in context ;$v8 225 0$aRoutledge studies in employment and work relations in context ;$v8 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-95995-2 311 $a0-415-88493-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; 1 Introduction; 2 The Process of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Marketisation; 3 Concentration and Disintegration: Company Responses in the Electricity Sector and Consequences for Employment; 4 Between Former Monopolists and New Competitors: Fragmentation and Deterioration of Employment Conditions in Postal Services; 5 Outsourcing, Competitive Tendering and Changing Working Conditions in Local Public Transport; 6 Hospitals under Growing Pressure from Marketisation and Privatisation 327 $a7 Company Responses to Liberalisation and Privatisation and Consequences for Employment and Working Conditions8 Privatisation and the Impact on Employment; 9 Privatisation and the Impact on Labour Relations; 10 The Struggle for Public Services; 11 The Citizen-User Perspective: Results from a Cross-Country Survey; 12 Conclusion: Impacts of Public Service Liberalisation and Privatisation; Contributors; Index 330 $a"Public services throughout Europe have undergone dramatic restructuring processes in recent years in connection with liberalization and privatization. While evaluations of the successes of public services have focused on prices and efficiency, much less attention has been paid to the impacts of liberalization and privatization on employment, labor relations, and working conditions. This book addresses this gap by illustrating the ways in which liberalization has contributed to increasing private and foreign ownership of public services, the decentralization of labor relations has amplified pressure on wages, and decreasing employment numbers and increasing workloads have improved productivity partly at the cost of service quality. Examining diverse public-service sectors including network industries, public transportation, and hospitals, and using international case studies, Privatization of Public Services covers a wide range of aspects of service provision, with particular emphasis on companies and workers. The result is a unique picture of the changes created by the liberalization processes in Europe. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in Employment and Work Relations in Context 606 $aPrivatization$zEurope 606 $aPublic utilities$zEurope 606 $aFree enterprise$zEurope 615 0$aPrivatization 615 0$aPublic utilities 615 0$aFree enterprise 676 $a338.94/05 686 $aBUS038000$aBUS070040$aBUS070100$2bisacsh 701 $aFlecker$b Jorg$f1959-$01537760 701 $aHermann$b Christoph$0889164 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786298803321 996 $aPrivatization of public services$93787275 997 $aUNINA