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Public Services or Corporate Welfare
Dexter Whitfield
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Description for Public Services or Corporate Welfare
Paperback. Explains the need for public ownership and the welfare state in the face of increasing globalization. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 figures. BIC Classification: JFF; JPHC; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 215 x 32. Weight in Grams: 418.
Examining the role of the modern nation state, Dexter Whitfield assesses the achievements, failures, costs and benefits of the neoliberal and ‘third way’ transformation of the state.
He demonstrates that private finance of infrastructure, marketisation of government and privatisation of the welfare state are accelerating the globalisation process and generating ever larger financial, social and environmental crises. Whitfield analyses current trends which are exacerbated by the marketisation and partnership agenda advocated by global bodies such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO.
He reveals how these policies further reduce the capacity of ... Read more
Examining the role of the modern nation state, Dexter Whitfield assesses the achievements, failures, costs and benefits of the neoliberal and ‘third way’ transformation of the state.
He demonstrates that private finance of infrastructure, marketisation of government and privatisation of the welfare state are accelerating the globalisation process and generating ever larger financial, social and environmental crises. Whitfield analyses current trends which are exacerbated by the marketisation and partnership agenda advocated by global bodies such as the World Bank, IMF and WTO.
He reveals how these policies further reduce the capacity of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745308562
SKU
V9780745308562
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99-50
About Dexter Whitfield
Dexter Whitfield has advised public bodies in countries around the world, including Australia, New Zealand and the US. He is currently based at the Centre for Public Services in Sheffield.
Reviews for Public Services or Corporate Welfare
'The first account of what Thatcher, Major and Blair have done to the British state in the name of global free trade'
Red Pepper
Red Pepper