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Public policy and privatisation: the case of the Qatari experience
Author(s) -
Mansour Ahmed Mustafa Elhussein
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.466
Subject(s) - elite , legitimacy , bureaucracy , context (archaeology) , macro , state (computer science) , politics , power (physics) , public administration , political economy , sociology , economic system , political science , economics , law , paleontology , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , biology , programming language
This article uses a qualitative methodology employing the elite model to describe and analyse the complex interplay of political and economic factors in the privatization experience of the state of Qatar. The article begins by providing a theoretical framework for privatisation in the context of public policy and classifying policies of privatisation into two categories: macro‐ and micro‐privatisation. The second part uses this framework to discuss the factors that gives the Qatari experience its distinguished flavour. These factors include: elite legitimacy and social culture, bureaucratic power, international pressure and patron–client networks. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.