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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Communication Policy in the United States: Diversity and Pluralism in a Competitive Marketplace -- 3 Communication Policy in United Kingdom: A Culture Based on Makeshift Social Pluralism -- 4 Communication Policy in Canada: Development within Overwhelming Constraints -- 5 Communication Policy in Sweden: An Experiment in State Intervention -- 6 Communication Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany: Democratic Expectations versus Political and Economic Interests -- 7 Communication Policy in Australia: Pragmatic Planning and Ad Hoc Decision Making -- 8 Communication Policy in New Zealand: Overseas Influence and Local Neglect.

This volume consists of papers chosen from the Boston Area Public Enterprise Group Conference that was held in 1980 and concentrated on public enterprises in less-developed countries. The Boston Area Public Enterprise Group is composed of scholars dedicated to understanding the public enterprises operating in the world's mixed economies. Public enterprises are government-owned firms that sell goods or services in a market. Involved in public production for private consumption, they are a hybrid of government and private enterprise. Thus, an analysis of public enterprise requires insights from economics, management, political science and law. Each of these disciplines is represented in addressing the following questions: Why public enterprise? Who should control public enterprise? How are decisions made in practice? How do public enterprises behave in international markets? How does risk and uncertainty alter public enterprise decisions'? How are incentive structures to be designed'? How do public enterprises compare with other public policy tools for dealing with particular problems'? The contributions combine theory and practice in analysing a variety of less-developed countries

This is a major book in a key area of development economics. It gives a comprehensive survey of the link between income distribution and the growth of national income, bringing out major patterns and trends, and concluding that there is still considerable scope for growth with equity in LDCs