In this path-breaking book, the author argues that European countries' political-economic
policies, practices, and discourses have changed profoundly in response to globalization …

Economic theory may be speculative, but its impact is powerful and real. Since the 1970s, it
has been closely associated with a sweeping change around the world—the" market turn." …

Three aspects of the life of independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) after delegation are
examined: their independence from elected officials, their relationship with regulatees; their …

Are resources allocated more efficiently through private ownership than through the public
sector? The experiences of eleven newly privatised companies are examined to evaluate …

This paper examines the increased role of the private sector in developing and maintaining
critical infrastructure. It identifies governments' quest to shift part of the burden of new …

The aim of this article is to explain the pattern of public enterprise in Western Europe, Japan
and the USA in the late 20th century, just before the onset of privatization. This requires an …

Privatisation of utilities is about ownership rather than control. Liberalisation can induce
greater improvements in performance than privatisation alone. Regulation is inevitably …

This first volume of the Official History studies the background to privatisation, and the
privatisations of the first two Conservative Governments led by Margaret Thatcher from May …

Water resources were central to England's precocious economic development in the
thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, and then again in the industrial, transport, and urban …

State-owned enterprises make up roughly 10 percent of the world economy, yet they are
woefully understudied. This handbook offers the first synthesis of the topic since the 1980s …