Research handbook on privatisation / 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).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodge, Graeme A., editor.

Greve, Carsten, editor.

Reeves, Eoin, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization--Research.

Privatization.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (424 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar, 2025.

Summary:

"Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Eoin Reeves bring together expert authors to explore 50 years of research and analysis in the complex field of privatisation. The Research Handbook highlights current issues and challenges in privatisation through relevant contemporary examples, to further our understanding of this economic concept and how it is shaping global policies. 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface and acknowledgements

Part I: Introduction: Definitions, concepts, and context

1. Introduction to the research handbook on privatisation / Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Eoin Reeves

2. Regulatory capitalism, privatisation, and governing / Graeme A. Hodge and Carsten Greve

3. The long history of privatisation: A short summary / Tony Bovaird

Part II: Enterprise sales and contracting out public sector services

4. Enterprise sales: Experience and ideas in western liberal countries / Harriet Gray

5. Enterprise sales: Paradoxes of transformational privatisation / Eva Voszka

6. Governing with contracts: Have we entered the era of the outsourced state? / Graeme A. Hodge and David Van Slyke

7. Do state-owned enterprises behave like public or private entities when they go abroad? / Judith Clifton and Daniel Díaz-Fuentes

8. Mckinseyfication of government / Matti Ylönen and Hanna Kuusela

Part III: Privatisation: An enduring influence

9. Privatisation and health care / Hal Swerissen and Stephen Duckett

10. Public and private values: A continuing story / Gene A. Brewer

11. A century of housing privatisation: The case of Ireland / Eoin O'Sullivan, Dónal Palcic and Eoin Reeves

12. The privatisation of urban planning: Smarter cities? / Yinnon Geva and Matti Siemiatycki

Part IV: Contemporary public policy challenges

13. The privatisation of finance: Can private finance save the world? / Stewart Smyth and Anne Stafford

14. Governing the already privatised internet? / Joshua Yuvaraj

15. Privatisation, commodification, and the public sphere / Henry Silke, Ciara Graham and Kathryn Hayes

16. The privatisation of sport / Eric Windholz

17. The potentials for government-foundation partnerships to address public sector challenges in the twenty-first century / Eric Boyer and Hyunrang Han

18. The privatisation of space? / Nicolas Peter and Douglas K. R. Robinson

19. The (alleged) rise of reverse privatisation: Causes, effects, and implications for public service delivery / Bart Voorn and Ina Radtke

Part V: Conclusions

20. The promise and perils of privatisation: Making sense of it all / Graeme A. Hodge, Carsten Greve and Eoin Reeves

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781035309986 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.