The privatized state / Chiara Cordelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cordelli, Chiara, author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Privatization.

Contracting out--Government policy.

Contracting out.

Public contracts.

Legitimacy of governments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.) : 3 b/w illus.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Many governmental functions today - from the management of prisons and welfare offices to warfare and financial regulation - are outsourced to private entities. Education and health care are funded in part through private philanthropy rather than taxation. Can a privatized government rule legitimately? This book argues that it cannot. It argues that privatization constitutes a regression to a precivil condition - what philosophers centuries ago called 'a state of nature.'

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Part I. Privatization and the state

1 Privatization and Its Discontents

2 What Are Political Institutions For?

3 Legitimizing Administrative Discretion

Part II. The privatized state

4 The Problem of Authorization

5 The Problem of Representative Agency

6 The Problem of Delegated Activity

Part III. Beyond the Privatized State

7 The Duties of Private Donors

8 The Duties of Private Providers

9 Rebuilding the Public

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

ISBN:

9780691211725

0691211728

OCLC:

1154891889