Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships

The culmination of 25 years of groundbreaking work, E.S Savas presents here a complete guide to privatization: the background, theory and practical reality. The book explains what, why, when and how to privatize, discussing in detail: the processes of contracting services; using franchises and vouchers; diverting government-owned business; privatizing infrastructure through public-private partnerships; reforming education; privatizing the welfare state; and overcoming opposition to privatization. Savas provides hundreds of examples from local, state, and federal government in the US and other countries. This is a successor volume to "Privatization: The Key to Better Government".