Democracy and regulation : how the public can govern essential services /

Essential services are being privatised the world over. Whether it's water, gas, electricity or the phone network, everywhere from Sao Paulo in Brazil to Leeds in the UK is following the US economic model and handing public services over to private companies whose principal interest is raising...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Palast, Greg (Autor), Oppenheim, Jerrold (Autor), MacGregor, Theo (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, Virginia : Pluto Press, 2003.
Temas:
Public utilities > Deregulation > United States.
Public utilities > State supervision > United States.
Public utilities > Rates > United States.
Privatization > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Services publics > Déréglementation > États-Unis.
Services publics > Contrôle de l'État > États-Unis.
Services publics > Tarifs > États-Unis.
Privatisation > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Democracy.
Privatization.
Public utilities > Deregulation.
Public utilities > Rates.
Public utilities > State supervision.
Deregulierung
Versorgungsbetrieb
Öffentliches Unternehmen
Dienstensector.
Privatisering.
Regulering.
Dérèglementation.
Services publics.
Démocratie.
Privatisation.
Contrôle de l'État.
United States.
USA
États-Unis.
USA.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Secrecy, democracy and regulation
  • 2. Regulating in public
  • 3. Competition as substitute for regulation? Britain to California
  • 4. Re-regulation is not deregulation
  • 5. The open regulatory process
  • 6. Social pricing
  • 7. Issues that are publicly decided
  • 8. An alternative : democratic negotiations
  • 9. Be there : a guide to public participation
  • 10. A history of democratic utility regulation in the US
  • 11. Regulating the multinational utility
  • 12. Failed experiments in the UK and the US
  • 13. The biggest failures : California and Enron
  • 14. International democracy : developing and developed countries
  • 15. Conclusion.

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