The fox in the henhouse : how privatization threatens democracy / by Si Kahn and Elizabeth Minnich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kahn, Si.

Contributor:

Minnich, Elizabeth Kamarck.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization--United States.

Privatization.

Democracy--United States.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Privatization has been on the right-wing agenda for years, but now it has the power of the Bush administration behind it. Health care, schools, Social Security, public lands, the military, prisons--all are considered fair game. But does privatization really serve the public good? Or is it a payoff to powerful corporations intent on replacing the government with a Òprivate profit culture, Ó in which there is no meaningful public accountability and the bottom line rules all? In this powerful book, legendary activist Si Kahn and public philosopher Elizabeth Minnich argue that privatization is a...

Contents:

Table of Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface: Who We Are, Why We Care; Introduction: A Road Map; PART I: Public, It's Ours; Private, It's Theirs; Chapter 1 "Morning in America"?; Chapter 2 Drawing the Line: Private Versus Public Goods; Chapter 3 Introducing Corporations; Chapter 4 Forms of Privatization; PART II: Privatization at Work; Chapter 5 A Worst-Case Scenario: For-Profit Private Prisons; Chapter 6 Tracking and Backtracking Politicians; Chapter 7 Keep the Paying Guests Coming: Filling Up the Prisons; Chapter 8 We Love This Problem: Lives for Sale

Chapter 9 Don't Fence Me In: Private Walls and Public Rights Chapter 10 Privatizing Against Equality; Chapter 11 Minds for Sale; Chapter 12 Privatizing Social Security: A Case Study of Ideology, Strategy, Tactics; PART III: The Great Divide; Chapter 13 The Two Cultures of the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 14 Appreciating the Public Sector; Chapter 15 A Fable, and a Fabulous True Story; Chapter 16 An Offer No Corporation Could Refuse; PART IV: Freedom, Revolution, Progress; Chapter 17 The American Dream-Always at Risk; Chapter 18 Differing Visions, Conflicting Values

Chapter 19 "Trickling Down" into the 1980's and 1990's Chapter 20 Methods That Affect Our Lives; Chapter 21 Resistant Strengths; Afterword: Returning Home, Remembering Meanings of Freedom; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Resources; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-278) and index.

ISBN:

9786612299414

9781282299412

1282299417

9781605092706

1605092703

9781605092713

1605092711

OCLC:

503011692