PRIVATIZATION: PROVISION OR PRODUCTION OF SERVICE? TWO CASE STUDIES

In: State and local government review: a journal of research and viewpoints on state and local government issues, Band 23, Heft 2, S. 82-89

Abstract

DURING THE PAST DECADE THERE HAS BEEN A WIDESPREAD MOVE TO GREATER GOVERNMENTAL RELIANCE ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR THE PROVISION AND PRODUCTION OF PUBLIC SERVICES. THIS MOVEMENT IS GENERALLY LABELED PRIVATIZATION, THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES TWO CASES WHERE A LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZED BOTH ITS WASTE-WATER TREATMENT AND ITS SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FUNCTIONS, USING A FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT PRIVATIZATION STRUCTURE AND PROCESS IN EACH CASE. THE STUDY CONCLUDES THAT THE STRUCTURE AND PROCESS OF PRIVATIZATION HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF PRIVATIZATION IN A LOCAL GOVERNMENT SETTING.