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Privatisation — by Political Process or Consumer Preference?
Author(s) -
Blundell John
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1986.tb01814.x
Subject(s) - competition (biology) , politics , state (computer science) , language change , preference , government (linguistics) , political science , economics , public administration , political economy , management , law , art , philosophy , literature , algorithm , computer science , biology , microeconomics , ecology , linguistics
Dr Keith Hartley called, in the June/July Economic Affairs, for contracting‐out in the provision of local government services to replace state supply. John Blundell, Executive Vice President of the Institute for Humane Studies, Virginia, and a former Lambeth Councillor, warns of the dangers that contracting‐out offers in stagnation, political corruption and ‘capture’ by interested parties. Dr Hartley defends contracting‐out as a step along the path towards free competition.