International privatisation : strategies and practices / edited by Thomas Clarke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

University of St. Andrews.

Clarke, Thomas, 1950-

Series:

de Gruyter Studies in Organization

De Gruyter studies in organization ; 55

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization--Congresses.

Privatization.

Government ownership--Congresses.

Government ownership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (451 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : W. de Gruyter, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "International Privatisation".

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contributors

Contents

Introduction: Privatising the World? / Clarke, Thomas

Part I International Privatisation Policy

Chapter 1 The Internationalisation of Privatisation / McGowan, Francis

Chapter 2 The Legal Techniques of Privatisation / Daintith, Terence

Chapter 3 Privatization and "Popular Capitalism": The Case of Japan / Okumura, Hiroshi

Part II The Retreat of the State in the Advanced Industrial Economies

Chapter 4 Privatization American Style: The "Grand Illusion" / Clements, Laurie

Chapter 5 Privatising State Owned Housing / Murie, Alan

Chapter 6 Commerce Vs. Politics: Compulsory Competitive Tendering and the Determination of Employment Policy in a British Local Authority / Colling, Trevor

Chapter 7 Steel, State, and Industrial Relations: Restructuring Work and Employment Relations in the Steel Industry / Bacon, Nick / Blyton, Paul / Morris, Jonathan

Chapter 8 The Partial Privatisation of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia / Hughson, John

Part III The Marketisation of the Planned Economies

Chapter 9 Privatisation and Democratisation in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union / Aage, Hans

Chapter 10 The Role of the Banking Sector in the Process of Privatisation / Nuti, Domenico Mario

Chapter 11 Privatization in Hungary: Wishful Thinking or Economic Way-Out? / Kiss, Yudit

Chapter 12 Privatisation in East Germany and the Chance of Workers' Participation: A Problems Approach / Kreissig, Volkmar / Lungwitz, Ralph

Chapter 13 Privatisation in Poland: People's Capitalism? / Tittenbrun, Jacek

Chapter 14 Post-Soviet Privatisation and Workers' Self-Management / Catephores, George

Chapter 15 On the "Third Sector" in Central and Eastern European Post-Soviet Type Economies / Gui, Benedetto

Chapter 16 Privatization: East Meets West / Carchedi, Guglielmo

Part IV Privatisation, the Public Sector and Development

Chapter 17 A Comparative Study of the Policies Towards Foreign and Chinese Owned Private Enterprises in the People's Republic of China / Chan, Hing Lung

Chapter 18 South Africa: Privatisation and Nationalisation in the Post-Apartheid Economy / Lazar, David

Chapter 19 Privatisation of Public Enterprises in the Less Developed Countries'1 / Musa, El-Khider Ali

Chapter 20 Public Enterprise and Privatisation in Botswana / Jefferis, Keith

Part V Reconstructing the Public Sector

Chapter 21 Reconstructing the Public Sector: Performance Measurement, Quality Assurance, and Social Accountability / Clarke, Thomas

International Privatisation: Strategies and Practices St. Andrews University, Scotland 12-14 September 1991

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held on Sept. 12-14 at the University of St Andrews, Scotland.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783110857191

3110857197

OCLC:

922945429