Privatization /

Pirie, Madsen

Privatization / Madsen Pirie - London : Wildwood House, 1988 - vii, 374 p. / 21 cm

Problem areas for the public sector, 3. -- Attempts to solve public sector problems, 36. -- An alternative approach, 51. -- The techniques, 67. -- Method one : Selling the whole by public share issue, 69. -- Mehtod two : Selling a proportion of the whole operation, 88. -- Method three : Selling parts to private buyers, 109. -- Method four : Selling to workforce or management, 124. -- Method five : Giving to the workforce, 137. -- Method six : Contracting out the service to private business, 140. -- Method seven : Diluting the public sector, 157. -- Method eight : Buying out existing interest groups, 167. -- Method nine : Gharging for the service, 172. -- Method ten : Setting up counter - groups, 177. -- Method eleven : Deregulation via private associations, 186. -- Method twelven : Encouraging alternative institutions, 193. -- Method thirteen : Making small - scale trials, 198. -- Method fourteen : Repealing monopolies to let competition grow, 205. -- Method Fifteen : Encouraging exit from state provision, 217. -- Method sixteen : Using vouchers, 224. -- Method seventeen : Admitting demand pressures, 229. -- Method eighteen : Curbing state powers, 236. -- Method nineteen : Applying closure proceedings, 241. -- Method twenty : withdrawal from the activity, 245. -- Method twenty - one : The right to private substitution, 249. -- Future privatization in Britain, 255. -- Privatization outside Britain, 295. -- Privatization in developing countries, 315. -- Conclusion, 329

HD 4148 P668p 1988