“Whiteside’s book should be read by anyone involved in Canadian health systems policy or research and by those involved in P3 research and debates in other Anglo-American countries.”

- Ronald Labonte, Institute of Population Health and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa,

Since the start of the twenty-first century, Canadian provinces have increasingly begun turning to the private sector to finance and construct large-scale infrastructure projects. From a critical public policy perspective, the danger of these public-private partnerships (P3s) is that they are more than just new ways to deliver public infrastructure. They are neoliberal projects that privatize and corporatize the basis of public services. Analyzing four Canadian P3 hospital projects, Heather Whiteside argues that P3s not only fail to fulfill the promises made by their proponents but also compromise public control of health policy, outcomes, and future plans. Yet, despite these disadvantages, the use of P3s is being normalized and expanded in BC and Ontario through capital planning frameworks and special government agencies that support and encourage P3 projects. Based on extensive interviews with academic experts, union representatives, provincial government decision-makers, and private sector partners, Purchase for Profit will be important for those studying public policy in any of the areas in which P3s are now being adopted.
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Purchase for Profit will be important for those studying public policy in any of the areas in which public-private partnerships are now being adopted.
Introduction – Purchase for Profit Chapter 1 – The Political Economy of Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships Chapter 2 – Partnering for Profit Chapter 3 – Normalizing P3 Procurement  Chapter 4 – P3 Procurement and the Marketization of the Public Sector Chapter 5 – British Columbia’s Pioneering P3 Hospitals Chapter 6 – Ontario’s Pioneering P3 Hospitals Conclusion  Appendix – Development Timeline for Canada’s Pioneering P3 Hospitals
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“Whiteside’s book should be read by anyone involved in Canadian health systems policy or research and by those involved in P3 research and debates in other Anglo-American countries.”
“Purchase for Profit makes a major contribution to our understanding of how public-private partnerships (P3s) have proliferated in Canada despite serious shortcomings. Whiteside situates her trenchant critique of these projects within the broader context of neoliberal privatization. Those teaching, researching, or implementing P3s will find it especially useful and provocative.”
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"Purchase for Profit makes a major contribution to our understanding of how public-private partnerships (P3s) have proliferated in Canada despite serious shortcomings. Whiteside situates her trenchant critique of these projects within the broader context of neoliberal privatization. Those teaching, researching, or implementing P3s will find it especially useful and provocative." -- John Loxley, Department of Economics, University of Manitoba "Purchase for Profit offers a useful analysis of public-private partnerships and the ways in which they have been promoted in spite of their clear problems. Whiteside's four case studies provide important illustrations of these, brought together in ways not available elsewhere." -- Pat Armstrong, Department of Sociology, York University
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ISBN
9781442651203
Publisert
2015-08-14
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Toronto Press
Vekt
460 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
159 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
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Engelsk
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Biographical note

Heather Whiteside is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo and Fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs.