An edition of How Governments Privatize (2002)

How Governments Privatize

The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (American Governance & Public Policy)

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An edition of How Governments Privatize (2002)

How Governments Privatize

The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (American Governance & Public Policy)

New Ed edition

"Governments throughout the world confront enormous challenges when divesting. Whether it is poor-performing bank loans in Japan and Korea, military bases in the United States, or real estate in Eastern Europe, the challenge of public divestment is more than just a question of how to map a path to economic efficiency.

Conventional wisdom in public management and privatization literature says that the execution of such enormous tasks as divestment is typically done poorly, and that the government strategy is likely to be inefficient.".

"Mark Cassell argues that privatization must be understood as a political and administrative puzzle rather than simply an exercise in economic efficiency. This study of two successful divestment agencies - the U.S.

Resolution Trust Corporation and the German Treuhandanstalt - presents a complex understanding of the two agencies' performance in privatizing hundreds of billions of dollars of assets following two very different crises, the savings and loan debacle in the United States and unification in Germany.".

"This book will be of interest to those interested in alternatives to traditional public-sector structures, electoral connections to bureaucracies, comparative political economy, and the historic events of the aftermath of the savings and loan crisis and German unification. It is crucial reading for policy and public administration practitioners and scholars alike."--BOOK JACKET.

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Pages
320

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Cover of: How Governments Privatize
How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (American Governance & Public Policy)
August 2003, Georgetown University Press
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Cover of: How Governments Privatize
How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany
2003, Georgetown University Press
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How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany (American Governance and Public Policy.)
April 2002, Georgetown University Press
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First Sentence

"This is a story of how two remarkable public agencies managed two of the greatest public sales of assets in the twentieth century."

Classifications

Library of Congress
, HD3885 .C38 2002

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
320
Dimensions
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Weight
1.1 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8831111M
Internet Archive
howgovernmentspr0000cass
ISBN 10
1589010086
ISBN 13
9781589010086
LCCN
2001040798
OCLC/WorldCat
47791100
Library Thing
8099067
Goodreads
7133718

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