Symposium The Dismal (Delusional and Dangerous) “Science” of Economics and the “Capture” of Public Administration
Naive Neoclassical Economics and the Promised Land of Privatization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12450098 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Dixon (0000-0002-3972-6437, a Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics, and Strategic Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 348-372 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Administrative Theory & Praxis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1084-1806 • E-ISSN: 1949-0461 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/atp1084-1806320304 |
| OpenAlex | W2285051682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
The pressures for the privatization of public services over the last 30 years are the reaction to the perceived excesses, inefficiencies, and inadequacies of public provision. They drew strength from the spirit of neoliberalism and the logic of neoclassical economics and its offshoot, rational choice theory. The dilemma that has now emerged is that there is a nascent gap between the aspiration of business for the profitable private provision of public services and the reality of reforming governments by removing political pressures from stakeholder interest groups and by demanding significant regulation of privatized public services in order to protect and promote the public interest. This business aspiration—political reality gap has its origin in contending and conflicting privatization perspectives, which are grounded in irreconcilable epistemological and ontological assumptions that underpin neoliberalism's neoclassical free-market economic roots. This either-or conflict makes the closing of this gap a win-lose struggle
Dilemma · Economics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Neoclassical economics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Public Administration
Right and Wrong
Takings
The Concept of Moral Obligation
The Rational Peasant
Inside Bureaucracy
Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics
On Being Authentic
Bureaucrats and Politicians
A Theory of Justice
Models of Man
Being Human
Nobel Lecture
Problems and perspectives in the financing of social security in Latin America 1
Scientism and the Study of Society
Positivism in Social Theory and Research
Expenditures, Services, and Public Management
Fear of Bureaucracy
Public Goods, Prisoners' Dilemmas and the International Political Economy
Emotional 'Man
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |