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

• Autore: McGowan Richard <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/25
• Soggetto topico: Privatization
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Privatize this
• ISBN: 1-283-05305-5; 9786613053053; 0-313-37587-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460087503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II