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6 Privatization Resources
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Hip Hop & Politics: Privatization of Prisons
qd3.com— — “Problems of prison overcrowding and high costs has led to the privatization of prisons. Watch this clip from QD3’s “Letter to the President” DVD as artists talk about private prisons as a booming industry.”
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Privatization and the Common Good
deimos3.apple.com— — “Martha Minow speaks to Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics Distinguished Lecture Series on the relationship between privatization and the public good.”
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Accountability in the Privatized State
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“As well as better efficiency and improved services, privatization has also often promised improved accountability. But how does the empirical evidence on this look and what are the lessons here?”
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Turnpike for Sale? Privatization and the Public Interest
policy.rutgers.edu— — “Discussion of privatization, in general, and then with a focus on New Jersey,
featuring Joseph Giglio (Professor, Northeastern University), Brad Abelow (State Treasurer), Kris Kolluri (Transportation Commissioner), Ray Lesniak (Senator), John Wisniewski (Assemblyman).” -
A Political Perspective on Contracting Out: The Politics of Good Times. Experiences from Danish Local Governments
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“The literature points to two major explanations of privatization. One explanation is political-ideological…Economic crisis or fiscal stress is the other main explanation of privatization. The two theses are investigated by evaluating the determinants of contracting out in Danish local governments.”
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Privatisation: A History and Survey of Changes in Organisation Structures, Cultural and Environmental Profiles
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“This paper provides a brief history of changes after privatisation to organisational structures and cultural profiles of affected entities. It assesses the experience of change in the electricity industry… and examines results of a survey of… executives of organisations privatised in Australia.”