Privatization: The Key to Better Government

This book is divided into four parts. Part I covers the background: discussing the growth of Government and describing the pressures towards privatization. Part II consists of three chapters presenting a theoretical basis for privatization while Part III examines privatization in practice and reviews the major empirical studies of the relative performance of different arrangements. Part IV consists of three chapters: Chapter 8 describes how to implement privatization through a multipronged approach, Chapter 9 presents and discusses the problems with privatization and, finally, Chapter 10 draws together the principle conclusions.

E.S. Savas is the author of fifteen books and over 130 articles; his books have been published in 23 foreign editions. He is an internationally known pioneer in, and authority on, privatization.