Privatization

Addressing the policies of privatization and marketization in the UK, this study examines the variety of social, political and economic outcomes which arise from such policies. The impact on the consumer, on organizations, on employees and managers is covered in the discussion.

Privatization and ethics, Nicholas Buttle; competitive tendering in local government - trade unions and organizational change, Deborah Foster; health promotion, quasi-markets and the NHS, Yusuf Ahmed; organizational reform, market testing and defence, Derek Braddon, Paul Dowdall and Adrian Kendry; the privatization of social housing, Anthony Plumridge; pensions privatization - a response to the crisis in public policy, Martin Sullivan; OFWAT and the regulation of change, Graham Taylor; nuclear power and the commanding heights of energy privatization, Ian Welsh; the political economy of privatization in Southern Europe, Kostas Lavdas; privatization in Central and Eastern Europe - models and ideologies, Jonathan Bradley; an inter-disciplinary approach to the analysis of privatization and marketization, Deborah Foster and Derek Braddon.