Privatization, 9781479842933
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    277 pages

  • Release Date

    10 December 2018

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Summary

A distinguished group of scholars explore the moral values and political consequences of privatization The 21st century has seen a proliferation of privatization across industries in the United States, from security and the military to public transportation and infrastructure. In shifting control from the state to private actors, do we weaken or strengthen structures of governance? Do state-owned enterprises promise to be more equal and fair than their privately-owned rivals? What role ca…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781479842933
ISBN-10:1479842931
Series:NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy
Author:Melissa Schwartzberg, Jack Knight
Publisher:New York University Press
Imprint:New York University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:277
Release Date:10 December 2018
Weight:680g
Dimensions:210mm x 140mm
About The Author

Melissa Schwartzberg

Melissa Schwartzberg is Silver Professor of Politics at New York University. She is the author of Counting the Many: The Origins and Limits of Supermajority Rule and Democracy and Legal Change.

Jack Knight is the Frederic Cleaveland Professor of Law and Political Science at Duke University. His primary areas of interest lie at the intersection of law and politics. His major research focuses on issues in modern social and political theory, law and legal theory, and the political economy of institutions. His publications include Institutions and Social Conflict, The Choices Justices Make (with Lee Epstein), and The Priority of Democracy (with James Johnson).

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