附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Cover; Limits to Privatization; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Boxes; Foreword by the President of the Club of Rome: Prince El Hassan Bin Talal; Preface: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young andMatthias Finger; Editors' Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; Limits to Privatization: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Oran R. Young, Matthias Finger; Part II: Privatization in Many Sectors: Case Studies and Snapshots; Initial remarks: Oran R. Young; Natural Resources and Related Industries; Water; Solving water-supply problems in Bolivia: Beyond Cochabamba: Ralf Südhoff
A 'waterl'eau' in Grenoble, France: Martin StürmerManila: A success story turned sour: Dörte Bernhardt; Thames Water Utilities Limited, UK: Matthias Finger andRoger Levett; Water privatization in Tanzania: : Mixed results: Jürgen Scheffran; Budapest sewage works: Partial privatization of a CentralEuropean utility: Alexander Juras and Todd Schenk; Management Success at Rostock, Germany: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker; Metals and Cement; Privatization of the mining sector in Zambia: The case of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM): Brenda Mofya and Brighton Lubansa
Saving Sidex Galati steel mills in Romania: Black Sea University FoundationUnion Miniere Pirdop Copper, Bulgaria: A case of privatization and the environment: Alexander Juras and Todd Schenk; Other Resources; The fight against patents on the neem tree: Vandana Shiva and Ruth Brand; The basmati patent: Ruth Brand; Privatizing nature: Plundering biodiversity: Aziz Choudry; Private forests in Germany: Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker; Network Industries; Energy; Enron: Unregulated master of influence: Matthias Finger
The price to pay for deregulation of electricity supply in California: Ruth Brand and Jürgen ScheffranTelecommunications and Postal Services; Telecommunications in Mexico, Uruguay and Argentina: A tale of contrasts: Jochen Boekhoff; Privatization of telecommunication in Japan: Thomas Thümmel and Max Thümmel; Privatization in outer space: Lessons from Landsat and beyond: Jürgen Scheffran; TPG Post: a Dutch privatization success: Matthias Finger; Transportation; British Rail: Martin Weidauer; Economics of transport and privatization: Felix R. FitzRoy; Japanese National Railways: Martin Weidauer
Regionalization as part of rail restructuring in Germany: Martin WeidauerPrivatization of the transport sector in Argentina: Tim Gürtler; Air New Zealand: Diwata Olalia Hunziker; Skyguide: A case of corporatization: Matthias Finger; Other Services; Waste Disposal; No time to waste: How to avoid too much of a bad thing (Germany, Malaysia): Raimund Bleischwitz and Akira Proske; Insurance; Abolishing property insurance monopolies in Germany: Thomas von Ungern-Sternberg; Culture and Media; Privatization of Italian cultural heritage: Roland Benedikter
摘要:This book is the first thorough audit of privatizations around the world. It shows how and where they have worked well, and where they have defeated their own aims - with serious impacts on public health, environmental sustainability, democratic accountab.
