| Rethinking Municipal Privatization Contributor(s): Cooke, Oliver D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415962099 ISBN-13: 9780415962094 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: This book examines one of the most high-profile municipal privatizations-the privatization of New York City's Central Park. The fiscal crisis of the 1970s established the political and cultural opening for privatizations, which were justified on the basis of increasing efficiency. However, as Cooke demonstrates, these justifications were deliberately blind to the social and economic implication of privatization. This fascinating account also highlights the immense theoretical and policy space for radically reconsidering and rethinking privatization processes in both the municipal and global contexts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development - Business & Economics | Economic Conditions - Business & Economics | Entrepreneurship |
| Dewey: 338.974 |
| LCCN: 2007033927 |
| Series: New Political Economy |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 210 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book examines one of the most high-profile municipal privatizations--the privatization of New York City's Central Park. The fiscal crisis of the 1970s established the political and cultural opening for privatizations, which were justified on the basis of increasing efficiency. However, as Cooke demonstrates, these justifications were deliberately blind to the social and economic implication of privatization. This fascinating account moves beyond the hackneyed pro- versus anti-privatization debate by reconceptualizing the park's privatization as an ensemble of contradictory class effects. It also highlights the immense theoretical and policy space for radically reconsidering and rethinking privatization processes in both the municipal and global contexts. |
