Privatization : : NOMOS LX / / Melissa Schwartzberg; ed. by Jack Knight.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Schwartzberg, Melissa,
• MitwirkendeR: Cordelli, Chiara,; Dickinson, Laura A.,; Fabre, Cécile,; Farrell, Henry,; Flanigan, Jessica,; Gourevitch, Alex,; Hadfield, Gillian K.,; Harel, Alon,; Heath, Joseph,; Jaworski, Peter,; Knight, Jack,; MacGilvray, Eric,; Satz, Debra,; Schwartzberg, Melissa,; Weingast, Barry R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Knight, Jack,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: NOMOS - American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy ; 29
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

A distinguished group of scholars explore the moral values and political consequences of privatization The 21st century has seen a proliferation of privatization across industries in the United States, from security and the military to public transportation and infrastructure. In shifting control from the state to private actors, do we weaken or strengthen structures of governance? Do state-owned enterprises promise to be more equal and fair than their privately-owned rivals? What role can accountability measures play in mediating the effects of privatization; and what role does coercion play in the state governance and control? In this latest installment from the NOMOS series, an interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars in political science, law, and philosophy examine the moral and political consequences of transferring state-provided or state-owned goods and services to the private sector. The essays consider how we should evaluate the decision to privatize, both with respect to the quality of outcomes that might be produced, and in terms of the effects of privatization on the core values underlying democratic decision-making. Privatization also affects the structure of governance in a variety of important ways, and these essays evaluate the consequences of privatization on the state. Privatization sheds new light on these highly salient questions of contemporary political life and institutional design.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I: THE MORALITY OF PRIVATIZATION -- 1. Some (Largely) Ignored Problems with Privatization -- 2. In Defense of Accountability as a Lens to Perceive Privatization’s Problems -- 3. Why Privatization Matters -- 4. Privatization and the Ought / State Gap -- 5. Privatization without Profit? -- 6. Coercion and Privatization -- PART II: PRIVATIZATION AND THE STATE -- 7. Privatization as State Transformation -- 8. Public- Sector Management Is Complicated -- 9. Freedom, Responsibility, and Privatization -- 10. Is Rule of Law an Equilibrium without (Some) Private Enforcement? -- 11. What Is Politics without the State? -- 12. Privatizing War -- Index