Privatizing public enterprises in the European Union 1960–2002
Ideological, Pragmatic, Inevitable
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7880397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Clifton (0000-0001-6081-6800), Francisco Comín, Francisco Comín Comín, Daniel Díaz-Fuentes (0000-0002-6290-2363), Daniel Díaz Fuentes |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 736-756 |
| Publication date | 2006-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501760600808857 |
| OpenAlex | W2129630497 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 66 |
| References cited | 29 |
Privatization, recognized as one of the most important economic policy reforms from the 1970s, has attracted significant attention from scholars, and the literature on the topic is now vast. Yet there is little agreement on the reasons why governments privatized. Three dominant paradigms explaining European Union (EU) privatization put forward distinct motivations. The 'British paradigm' assumed that market-friendly ideology played a significant role in a path towards a global programme inspired by the UK experience. The 'multiple logics' approach observed that the UK was an anomaly, not a leader, and that EU privatization was so diverse that there were few, if any, common logics. The 'European paradigm' emphasized the importance of Europe in the context of a changing world and placed EU privatization in the context of economic and political integration. This article tests all three paradigms using comparative data on EU privatization by country and sector. Pragmatic concerns connected to European integration requirements, particularly in sectors such as telecommunications, transport and utilities, were of the utmost importance in motivating governments to privatize from the 1990s. Europe is thus a powerful explanatory factor when considering ongoing EU privatization
Context (archaeology · Economic system · Economics · European integration · European union · Ideology · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Single market · EU Law and Policy Analysis · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law
State Capitalism in Western Europe
Internationalisation and Economic Institutions
Re-municipalization of public services
Politicising Commodification
How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services
The consolidation of public banking in Spain
Reinforcing each other
The new public service transnationals
Privatización o reestructuración del poder? La renovación de las élites durante la venta de las empresas públicas en España (1986-2004)
Strategic selectivity and hybrid state capitalism
Neoliberalism and health care
Marketisation, public services and the city
The crisis as opportunity? On the role of the Troika in constructing the European consolidation state
Neoliberalism
Power, leverage and marketization
Varieties of capitalism and privatization in a globalized world
Explaining State Ownership in Listed Companies in Norway
The Determinants of Privatization
Measuring Privatization
Is Market-Oriented Reform Producing a ‘Two-Track’ Europe? Evidence From Electricity and Telecommunications
Yes, No, Maybe
State‐owned Enterprises in Greece
Evaluating Eu Policies on Public Services
State Owned Enterprises as Instruments of Innovation Policy
Explaining Partial Privatization of Public Service Provision
Selling the jewels
Public-sector reform
Institutional diversity and safe drinking water provision in the United States
Financing utilities
The loss of public values when public shareholders go abroad
Multilateral and bilateral aid policies and trends in the allocation of electrification aid, 1970–2001
From “Communautaire Spirit” to the “Ghosts of Maastricht”
Rural areas face the economic crisis
Neoliberalism and the geographies of marketization
Understanding European drinking water services remunicipalisation
Conceptualising European Privatisation Processes After the Great Recession
Keeping financialisation under the radar
Privatisation and government spending efficiency
The role of governance in privatisation reforms
Medical reterritorialisation
Public Infrastructure Services in the European Union
Outsourcing and public expenditure
Corporatization of public services
Corporatization and political ideology
Vulnerable consumers and satisfaction with public services
Selling ‘The World’s Favourite Airline’
Deadlock in corporate governance
From state-owned smokestacks to post-industrial dreams
European market integration and the political economy of corporate adjustment
From flagship to stigma
Political Determinants of Privatisation Reforms
Liberalizing telecommunications in Europe
Crossing the river by feeling for the stones
Where are the Neoliberals
Competition and switching in public service markets
Partisan and Electoral Cycles in Privatisation
The political economy of telecoms and electricity internationalization in the single market
Explaining policy change in the EU
Does formal independence of regulators change? Evidence from Portuguese agencies
Partisan Politics, Globalization, and the Determinants of Privatization Proceeds in Advanced Democracies (1990–2000)
A Contagious Concept
Rules or legacies? Industry and political revolving doors in regulators' careers in Portugal
The ideological profile of the technocratic citizen
Partisan Politics and Privatization in OECD Countries
The Retreat of the Interventionist State in Advanced Democracies
What is privatization? A political economy framework
The commanding heights
Privatization
The Politics of Europeanization
The Europeanization of Public Policy
The Rise and Decline of State-Owned Industry in Twentieth-Century France
The Politics of Telecommunications
The Political Economy of Privatization
Nationalisation, denationalisation and European integration
Bureaucrats in business
Privatisation
Institutions and Collective Action
The rise of the regulatory state in Europe
Regulation after delegation
Analysing regulatory reform in Europe
The European Social Model
Transnational Interests in the European Union
On the “Net Impact” of Europeanization
From the Positive to the Regulatory State
Europeanization and the mechanics of economic policy adjustment
Public-interest services revisited
| Unique citing works | 66 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,47 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 66 |