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1	The Commanding Heights more books like this by Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw add to wishlist This study considers the shift of assets from central governments to private enterprise in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East, and analyzes how such changes as deregulation and privatization will affect economic power in the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry more books like this by P W Singer add to wishlist Singer, an analyst at the Brookings Institute here examines the post-Cold War trend of privatizing the military in America. CORPORATE WARRIORS traces the development of financial, technological, and political reasons why in the near future the military is moving toward privatizing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.34! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern Wo more books like this by Daniel Yergin, Joseph Stanislaw add to wishlist In this title, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author joins with a leading expert on the new marketplace to explain the revolution in ideas that is transforming economic power around the world. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Divided Welfare State: The Battle Over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States more books like this by Professor Jacob S Hacker add to wishlist The Divided Welfare State is the first comprehensive political analysis of America's system of public and private social benefits. Everyone knows that the American welfare state is less expensive and extensive, later to develop and slower to grow, than comparable programs abroad. American social spending is as high as spending in many European ... see all copies from $18.06! new only from $19.85! \| SVS
5	Crash Course: Imagining a Better Future for Public Education more books like this by Chris Whittle add to wishlist The visionary founder of Edison Schools and Channel One shares the hard lessons of life on the front lines of education and charts the breathtaking new direction for safeguarding the future of America's children. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia more books like this by Anders Aslund add to wishlist Anders Aslund foresaw the collapse of the Soviet Union in his book Gorbachev's Struggle for Economic Reform (1989). He depicted the success of Russia's market transformation in How Russia Became a Market Economy (1995). After Russia's financial crisis of 1998, Aslund insisted that Russia had no choice but to adjust to the world market (Building ... see all copies from $14.44! new only from $20.10! \| SVS
7	Cochabamba!: Water Rebellion in Bolivia more books like this by Oscar Olivera, Tom Lewis add to wishlist A new phase in the international movement to turn back the rising tide of corporate globalization was marked by US protests in Seattle and the triumphs of grassroots activists in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Volumes have been written about the struggle to shut down the World Trade Organization meetings, but little has been documented about the arguably ... see all copies from $4.18! new only from $9.75! \| SVS
8	Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water more books like this by Alan Snitow, Deborah Kaufman, Dr. Michael Fox add to wishlist Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations like Nestle, Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local water sources lakes, streams, and springs and taking control of public water services. In their drive to privatize and commodify water, they have manipulated and bought politicians, clinched backroom deals, and subverted the democratic ... see all copies from $7.11! new only from $13.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The War Against America's Public Schools: Privatizing Schools, Commercializing Education more books like this by Gerald W Bracey add to wishlist This book provides a comprehensive and critical view of forces such as charters, vouchers, Educational Management Organizations (EMO's), and private schools that are altering the future of public education. Gerald Bracey describes why Americans are nervous about their public schools and examines whether their anxieties are justified. In the first ... see all copies from $14.00! new only from $47.01! \| SVS
10	Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons more books like this by Peter Barnes add to wishlist "Capitalism 3.0" is a remarkable look at a potential future of our economy, one that can retain capitalism's virtues while mitigating its insidious shortcomings. Barnes draws on his personal and professional experience as a successful entrepreneur to offer viable solutions to some of our most pressing economic, environmental, and social concerns. see all copies from $4.50! new only from $9.80! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Wasting Away: The Undermining of Canadian Health Care more books like this by Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong add to wishlist Canada's health care is often referred to as Canada's best-loved social programme. In recent years, however, it has come under attack from a variety of sources. Every jurisdiction in the country has initiated far-ranging reforms aimed at reducing costs and has introduced strategies for lean and mean production in the private sector. This book will ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.18! \| first editions
12 view cover	Public-Private Policy Partnerships more books like this by Pauline Rosenau Vaillancourt (Editor), Paulinevaillancourt Rosenau (Editor) add to wishlist Partnerships between the public and private sectors to fulfil public functions are on the increase at every level of government. In the United States and Canada they currently operate in most policy areas, and in the US trial programmes are planned by the Internal Revenue Service, the Census Bureau and the Social Security Administration. ... see all copies from $9.75! new only from $17.14!
13 view cover	Outsourcing Sovereignty: Why Privatization of Government Functions Threatens Democracy and What We Can Do about It more books like this by Paul R Verkuil add to wishlist This book describes the largely overlooked process of using private government contractors to perform essential or inherent functions in the military and civilian sectors of government. It shows how such practices undermine the capacity effectiveness and morale of government officials and it establishes constitutional and statutory arguments ... see all copies from $9.12! new only from $9.12! \| SVS
14	The Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Means more books like this by John D Donahue add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $22.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	Dismantling Democratic States more books like this by Ezra N Suleiman add to wishlist Bureaucracy is a much-maligned feature of contemporary government. And yet the aftermath of September 11 has opened the door to a reassessment of the role of a skilled civil service in the survival and viability of democratic society. Here, Ezra Suleiman offers a timely and powerful corrective to the widespread view that bureaucracy is the source ... see all copies from $4.71! new only from $4.71! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Privatization of Health Care Reform: Legal and Regulatory Perspectives more books like this by Maxwell Gregg Bloche (Editor), s Gregg Bloche (Editor) add to wishlist A remarkable transformation in American health-care delivery and financing is taking place, led by the private sector. This transformation presents myriad new legal and regulatory questions that have received little scholarly attention. These issues receive balanced, critical coverage in this book, which is intended for health-care policymakers, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.24!
17 view cover	International Handbook on Privatization more books like this by David Parker add to wishlist Privatization has dominated industrial restructuring programmes since the 1980s and continues to do so. This handbook considers all aspects of this key issue, including the theory of privatization; privatization in transition, developed and developing economies; and the economic regulation of privatized industries. The studies in this volume, ... see all copies from $91.80! new only from $91.80!
18 view cover	The Financial Economics of Privatization more books like this by William L Megginson add to wishlist Central to the book's content is its focus on where privatization stands today and what are the next frontiers, the why and how behind countries who privatize certain industries, whether privatization works as an economic tool and important insights relevant to financial institutions such as how to value privatized industries, how share offerings ... see all copies from $71.49! new only from $102.56!
19 view cover	Betraying Our Troops: The Destructive Results of Privatizing War more books like this by Dina Rasor, Robert Bauman add to wishlist In this2shocking expos, two government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless American soldiers on the line while damaging the nations strategic interests and its image abroad. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.75! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Market Reforms in Mexico: Coalitions, Institutions, and the Politics of Policy Change more books like this by Mark Eric Williams add to wishlist The last two decades saw a host of governments abandon statist development models for more market-friendly ones. However, not all reform attempts fared equally well. Why do some governments succeed in implementing market reforms while others fail? Why might the same government succeed in one policy area but not another? "Rethinking the Politics of ... see all copies from $9.87! new only from $50.90! \| SVS
21 view cover	Public Education: An Autopsy more books like this by Myron Lieberman add to wishlist Argues that public schools are not fulfilling their original goal of teaching basic skills, civic virtues, and desirable attitudes, and encourages the idea of for-profit schools. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Plot Against Social Security: How the Bush Plan Is Endangering Our Financial Future more books like this by Michael A Hiltzik add to wishlist Relentless and ominous, the drumbeat echoes across the land: Social Security is on the verge of bankruptcy. The warning has been repeated so often that it has become a dismal article of faith for the millions of Americans who pay Social Security taxes and expect to collect benefits someday. But it is flatly untrue. Social Security today is as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Fox in the Henhouse: How Privatization Threatens Democracy more books like this by Si Kahn, Elizabeth Minnich add to wishlist "The Fox in the Henhouse" takes an in-depth look at the growing practice of privatization - what it is, what it does to our society, and how we can stop it. Privatisation is one of the most important political and economic developments of our time, affecting virtually every person and state in the world. The purpose of "The Fox in the Henhouse" is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Cities and Privatization: Prospects for the New Century more books like this by Jeffrey D Greene add to wishlist For undergraduate/graduate level courses in Bureaucracy, Public Policy, Public Administration, Urban Studies, State and Local Government, and American Government. This concise, readable text focuses on privatization at the municipal level, blending theory with practical matters, and containing real-life examples of privatization. It presents the ... see all copies from $6.12! new only from $49.68! \| SVS
25 view cover	Government by Contract: Outsourcing and American Democracy more books like this by Jody Freeman (Editor), Martha Minow (Editor) add to wishlist The dramatic growth of government over the course of the twentieth century since the New Deal prompts concern among libertarians and conservatives and also among those who worry about government's costs, efficiency, and quality of service. These concerns, combined with rising confidence in private markets, motivate the widespread shift of federal ... see all copies from $38.80! new only from $38.80! \| SVS

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