Managing Change
Politicians and Experts in the Age of Privatization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6267754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Massey (0000-0002-2311-7944, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 486-501 |
| Publication date | 1992-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Government and Opposition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-257X • E-ISSN: 1477-7053 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1992.tb00425.x |
| OpenAlex | W2025529263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
THIS ARTICLE COMPARES THE US AND BRITISH EXPERIENCE OF privatization policies. In both countries there is no ‘proof’ that privatization has led to any empirically measurable benefit, or that the new structures are necessarily more consumer-oriented. First the perceived need for change in the public sector is explored, outlining the dynamic provided by the New Right. Next the importance of managerial and professional power to this process of change is explained, before the role of privatization as a ‘cutting edge’ used by liberal/conservative governments (that is governments conventionally labelled as conservative, but which have adopted ideologically liberal policies) is discussed. The paper concludes with an illustrative case study of the privatization of the British Electricity Supply Industry
Business · Economic system · Economics · Economy · Electricity · Ideology · Institutional change · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Process (computing · Public sector · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 1998 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |