LEADER 03512nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910808149903321 005 20240417034757.0 010 $a0-7914-8283-9 010 $a1-4237-4778-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000459182 035 $a(OCoLC)461442597 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579172 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000250960 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238809 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000250960 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10245344 035 $a(PQKB)10258621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407749 035 $a(OCoLC)63148938 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6321 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407749 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579172 035 $a(DE-B1597)682654 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791482834 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000459182 100 $a20041220d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStates of liberalization$b[electronic resource] $eredefining the public sector in integrated Europe /$fMitchell P. Smith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in global politics 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-6543-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [217]-227) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tTables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tEuropean Integration as Market-Making -- $tExplaining Europeanization -- $tEuropean Community Competition Policy and the Public Sector -- $tGovernment Purchasing: The Persistence Of Protectionism -- $tDelayed Delivery: Postal Services Liberalization in Comparative Context -- $tChallenging the Social Market Economy? European Community Competition Policy and Germany?S Public Law Banks -- $tLiberalization and its Limits -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tSUNY Series in Global Politics 330 $aAs economic competition is introduced into areas formerly served by public sector monopolies, to what extent do governments lose discretion over their use of the public sector? States of Liberalization examines the impact of the European Union's rigorous single-market competition policy on the abilities of Western European governments to use the public sector to achieve political objectives. Examining several politically contentious sectors, including government purchasing of goods and services, postal services, and public sector financial institutions, Mitchell P. Smith explores and explains the scope and the limits of this transformation. While European economic integration and the application of European Community competition policy have substantially infused competition into public services, the process has been more modest, and more deliberate, than a simple reading of Europe's potent market-making mechanisms would predict. 410 0$aSUNY series in global politics. 606 $aCompetition$zEuropean Union countries 607 $aEurope$xEconomic integration 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xPolitics and government 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xSocial policy 615 0$aCompetition 676 $a337.1/42 700 $aSmith$b Mitchell P.$f1960-$01635802 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808149903321 996 $aStates of liberalization$93976771 997 $aUNINA