Title:
Privatization in practice : reports on trends, cases and debates in public service by business and nonprofits / edited by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III and Roger L. Kemp.
Author:
Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay, editor.
Kemp, Roger L., editor.
Publication Information:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Call Number:
HD4605 .P745 2016
Abstract:
"In this updated compilation of the first edition of Privatization, it covers the implementation, reinvention, and contracting out that have transpired since then--not just the successes but also the failures. The lessons learned from the successes and failures gave birth to a new privatization aspiration. Effectiveness is measured in terms of accountable results and high performance"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780786476770
Physical Description:
ix, 238 pages ; 26 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of Privatization, 2007.
Contents:
Trends and practices. Private delivery of public services, 20 years on / Public, private or nonprofit providers / Time for the plural sector / Public interest partnerships / Contemplating collaboration / Shared services and cost saving collaboration / Strategies for contract selection / Contracting for performance / Contract management in contract city / P3 structures and arrangements / Recovery budgeting and public private partnerships / Third party agreements / Innovation in public management / Managed competition : ten years of progress / Unloading assets / Cases and applications. Got nightlife? / Business improvements districts / Help businesses, shop local / Love at first site / Station at Potomac yard / Somber spots and bright spots / Park that paid off / Mission : green / Green standard / Solar communities / Privatization of waste water treatment plant / Enterprise wide computerized work and asset management system / Private works / Why wi-fi? Why not? / Examining parking privatization as a fiscal solution / Determining the role of P3 : building inspections / Arts mean economic revitalization / Retirees : a new economic development strategy / Social impact of bonds to find human services / Public library privatization / Does government require government employees? / Is public safety exempt from managed competition? / Public private partnerships in higher education / Discussions and debates. Privatization, efficiency and the public interest / Large questions / Contracting issues / Putting public safety in private hands / Privatization of Medicare / Perils of privatization / Arguments for and risks of privatization / Wows and woes of public private partnerships / Pros and cons of privatizing government functions / Benefits and downsides of privatizing municipal services / Public policy and privatization : claims and concerns / Local governments scramble for budget solutions / Prudent privatization / Appendices. Privatization glossary from the League of Women voters -- Managed competition guidelines from Washoe county, Nevada -- League of Women Voters privatization position -- International city/county management association steps to effective privatization.
