The Politics of Privatisation in Western Europe

John Vickers, Vincent Wright

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2005
• Print ISBN:
  9780714633589
  9781138459434
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135778552
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Policy
• Index: Economics

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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Privatisation in Western Europe

William P.Glade (ed.), State Shrinking: A Comparative Inquiry into Privatisation (Austin, Texas: Institute of Latin American Studies, 1986).

Calvin A.Kent, Entrepreneurship and the Privatising of Government (New York and London: Quorum Books, 1987).

H.Paris, P.Pestieau and P.Saynor (eds.), Public Enterprise in Western Europe (London: Croom Helm, 1987).

J.Pelkmans and M.van Nie (eds.), Privatisation and Deregulation: The European Debate (Maastricht, IEAP, Working Document 85/01, 1985).

Note also:

Annals of Public and Co-operative Economy, Vol. 56, No. 3 (September 1985).

Economic Policy, No. 2 (April 1986).

The Economist, 2 December 1985.

Policy Studies Review, Vol. 5, No. 3 (February 1986).

Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. 36, No. 3 (1987).

2. Privatisation in the UK

H.Abromeit, ‘Privatization in Great Britain’, Annals of Public and Co-operative Economy, Vol. 57 (1986), pp. 153–79.

K.Ascher, The Politics of Privatisation: Contracting out Public Services (London: Macmillan, 1987).

M.Beesley and S.Littlechild, ‘Privatization: Principles, Problems and Priorities’, Lloyds Bank Review, No. 149 (1983), pp. 1–20.

D.A.Heald, ‘Will the Privatization of Public Enterprises Solve the Problems of Control?’, Public Administration, Vol. 63 (1985), pp. 7–22.

D.A.Heald and D.R.Steel, ‘Privatising Public Enterprises: An Analysis of the Government’s Case’, Political Quarterly, Vol. 53 (1982), pp. 333–49.

J.A.Kay, C.Mayer and D.Thompson (eds.), Privatisation and Regulation: The UK Experience (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986)

J.A.Kay and D.J.Thompson, ‘Privatisation: A Policy in Search of a Rationale’, Economic Journal, Vol. 96 (1986), pp. 18–32.

S.C.Littlechild, The Fallacy of the Mixed Economy (London: Institute of Economic Affairs, Hobart Paper No. 80, 1978).

T.Prosser, Nationalised Industries and Public Control: Legal, Constitutional and Political Issues (Oxford: Blackwell, 1986).

D.R.Steel and D.A.Heald (eds.), Privatizing Public Enterprises: Options and Dilemmas (London: Royal Institute of Public Administration, 1984).

C.Veljanovski, Selling the State: Privatisation in Britain (London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987).

J.Vickers and G.Yarrow, Privatization: An Economic Analysis (London: MIT Press, 1988).

3. Privatisation in France

Edouard Balladur, Je crois en l’homme plus qu’en l’Etat (Paris: Flammarion, 1987).

Jean de Belot, Guide des privatisables (Paris: Albin Michel, 1987).

Charles de Croisset, P.Baudoin et Michel de Rosen (eds.), Denationalisation: les leçons de l’étranger (Paris: Economi...

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
• PREFACE
• THE POLITICS OF INDUSTRIAL PRIVATISATION IN WESTERN EUROPE: AN OVERVIEW
• THE UNITED KINGDOM: PRIVATISATION AND ITS POLITICAL CONTEXT
• THE POLITICS OF STATE-DIRECTED PRIVATISATION: THE CASE OF FRANCE, 1986–88
• ‘SYMBOLIC PRIVATISATION’: THE POLITICS OF PRIVATISATION IN WEST GERMANY
• PRIVATISATION IN BELGIUM: THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
• PRIVATISATION IN ITALY: AIMS AND CONSTRAINTS
• PRIVATISING IN A CORPORATIST ECONOMY: THE POLITICS OF PRIVATISATION IN AUSTRIA
• LESS THAN NOTHING? HIDDEN PRIVATISATION OF THE PSEUDO-PRIVATE SECTOR: THE DUTCH CASE
• THE TRIUMPH OF PRAGMATISM: NATIONALISATION AND PRIVATISATION IN SWEDEN*
• ABSTRACTS
• SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY