Research Handbook on Privatisation
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Edited by Graeme A. Hodge, Professor, Monash University, Australia, Carsten Greve, Professor, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Eoin Reeves, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Limerick, Ireland<i>'This Research Handbook is an indispensable resource, providing updated insights into privatization models, developments, key theories, and global evidence. The Handbook is an essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners looking to stay informed on the privatization of public services.’</i>
- Ole Helby Petersen, Roskilde University, Denmark,
<i>‘This </i>Research Handbook on Privatisation<i> brings together leading experts to provide a comprehensive, in-depth, and rigorous examination of the history, theory, challenges, and impacts of privatisation across diverse policy fields. This authoritative and balanced compilation will serve as an indispensable resource for course syllabi, libraries and future research on privatisation initiatives.’</i>
- Anna A. Amirkhanyan, American University, USA,
<i>‘In this lively and deeply researched book, Hodge, Greve, Reeves and their colleagues take a fresh look at privatisation, which has blossomed into a host of new forms and which has become an even more important—but often hidden—part of twenty-first century governance. The book has wide implications for governments—and the people who study them—everywhere.’</i>
- Donald F. Kettl, University of Maryland, USA,
<i>‘Privatisation was probably the most important theme in government reform in the last half-century. In this book, some of the world's leading experts explain what privatisation means, and what it has achieved in practice. This is an essential Research Handbook: clearly written, expansive in its approach, and frank in its analysis.’</i>
- Alasdair Roberts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA,
<i>‘This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive treatment of both the history and main results of privatisation and discusses merits and disadvantages. It includes everything you always wanted to know about privatisation but did not have available on your bookshelf. A very good read!’</i>
- Erik-Hans Klijn, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands,
Acknowledging the ongoing discussions surrounding the performance of both the public and private sectors, this Research Handbook explores the evidence and controversy within ‘traditional privatisation’ research and addresses emerging conversations within the privatisation debate. The Research Handbook tackles fundamental conceptual and definitional issues, frames privatisation within a broader set of ideas about the control of activities in the public realm by private actors and explores new privatisation battles. Contemporary areas covered range from entire health care systems, housing, urban planning and finance to areas such as the governance of the internet, the role of global private foundations and space exploration. Overall, this Research Handbook concludes that the topic of privatisation, and what it means for citizens in a democracy, is now more important and relevant than ever.
Providing a balanced overview of privatisation policy debates, this Research Handbook is essential reading for students and scholars of economic regulation and governance, public and private sector economics and public administration and management. Public and private policy makers will also find the insights presented here beneficial.