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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction: Privatisation and the Crisis of Social Europe
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Privatisation in the EU: Process and Discussion — An Overview
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Case Studies
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About the authors
CHRISTOPH HERMANN is Senior researcher at the Working Life Research Centre (FORBA) in Vienna and co-coordinator of the EC funded research project 'Privatization of Public Services and the Impact on Quality, Employment and Producitvity'.
JÖRG HUFFSCHMID was professor for Political Economy and Economic Policy at the University of Bremen in Germany. His research interests and publication areas were amongst others European integration and financial markets. He was the scientific coordinator of various EU-wide projects and one of the founders of the EuroMemorandum Group.
KAROLY LORANT spent most of his professional life in the Hungarian National Planning Office, where he dealt with long range forecasts. After the systemic change in Hungary he became a senior economist of the economic research institute named ECOSTAT. Over the past years he has been working as an expert for the European Parliament.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Privatisation against the European Social Model
Book Subtitle: A Critique of European Policies and Proposals for Alternatives
Editors: Marica Frangakis, Christoph Hermann, Jörg Huffschmid, Károly Lóránt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230250680
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22409-4Published: 05 November 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-25068-0Published: 05 November 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 269
Topics: European Union Politics, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Public Finance, Political Science, Development Economics