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

• Autore: McGowan Richard <1952->
• Pubblicazione: Sant Barbara, Calif. : , : Praeger, , c2011; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/25
• Soggetto topico: Privatization
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A brief history of the nationalization versus privatization debate -- Evaluating the privatization process : making sure the 'game' is fair -- 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 -- 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 -- 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: 979-82-16-00145-4; 1-283-05305-5; 9786613053053; 0-313-37587-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817452003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II