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Privatisation against the European social modela critique of European policies and proposals for alternatives /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Privatisation against the European social modeledited by Marcia Frangakis ... [et al.].
Reminder of title:	a critique of European policies and proposals for alternatives /
other author:	Frangakis, Marica.
Published:	Basingstoke, UK ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009.
Description:	xiv, 269 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Subject:	PrivatizationEuropean Union countries.
Subject:	European Union countriesSocial policy.
Online resource:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230250680

Privatisation against the European social modela critique of European policies and proposals for alternatives /
Privatisation against the European social modela critique of European policies and proposals for alternatives /[electronic resource] :edited by Marcia Frangakis ... [et al.]. - Basingstoke, UK ;Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - xiv, 269 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Privatisation and the Crisis of Social Europe -- Privatisation in Western Europe -- Privatisation in the Central and East European Countries -- Finance as Driver of Privatisation -- Theoretical Approaches to Explaining and Understanding Privatisation -- The European Social Models: Contours of the Discussion -- Privatisation in the Industrial Sector -- Liberalisation in NetworkIndustries -- Privatisation and Marketisation of Health Care Systems in Europe -- Privatisation of Education -- Privatisation of Pensions -- Bank Liberalisation and Privatisation -- Privatisation Trajectories in Europe: A Cross : Sector View -- The Impact of Privatisation and Liberalisation of Public Services onthe European Social Model -- Elements of a Progressive European SocialModel -- The Role of the Public Sector in a Progressive Construction of Europe -- Social Actors : Trade Unions and Social Movements.

This book presents a comprehensive overview and critical analysis ofthe processes of liberalisation and privatisation, and their consequences for economic performance, social cohesion and political democracy in the European Union. It examines the main drivers and the various theoretical rationales for privatisation in the context of different schools of thinking. It argues on the basis of broad empirical evidence that privatisation in Europe, particularly the ongoing privatisation of social services, undermines the basic elements of the different social models that have developed in Europe. These arguments are supported by a number of in-depth case studies, with specific focus on health care, education and finance. The authors of this volume advance from this critique and explore the basic requirements for a progressive public sector and its role for economic, social&

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230250680

Standard No.: 10.1057/9780230250680doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

304751
Privatization
--European Union countries.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

380824
European Union countries
--Social policy.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HD4139 / .P75 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9405

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