The Politics of Regulation
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The Politics of Regulation

Privatized Utilities in Britain

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Politics of Regulation

Privatized Utilities in Britain

About this book

The privatization of the utilities by the Conservative governments of the 1980s and 1990s was a major shift in public policy. It was also a huge experiment in reinventing government, since the newly privatized companies were regulated by high-profile individuals. Frequently criticized and often controversial, the regulators wield enormous power over a large sector of the British economy. This book tells the story of their first fifteen years or so controlling prices, introducing competition, refereeing mergers and sometimes clashing with the government.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. List of Abbreviations
  5. 1 From Nationalization to Privatization
  6. 2 Regulators at Work
  7. 3 A Fair Deal for Consumers?
  8. 4 Monopoly and Competition
  9. 5 The Regulators and Parliament
  10. 6 The Impact of Environmental Policies
  11. 7 ā€˜Governments in Miniature’?
  12. Notes
  13. References
  14. Index