Whose Utility? (Paperback, New)

An in-depth analysis of the impact of public utility privatization on ordinary consumers. This text traces the history of energy and water privatization and documents the community and consumer sectors' various attempts to influence the structure of privatization and regulation. It provides data on the energy and water utilities over the first period of privatization and shows that the benefits and costs of privatization have not been shared equally. Low income consumers have been particularly adversly affected and the regressive outcomes of privatization have undercut the gains that domestic comsumers have made in some areas of service provision. Concluding with an overview of the British experiment of energy and water privatization, the author argues that the privatization settlements reached by successive Conservative governments with the privatized utility companies are seriously flawed, and that the British model of privatization is inappropriate to the domain of essential public utility service.

General

Imprint:	Open University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Ernst
Dimensions:	229 x 151 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	240
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-335-19267-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Consumer issues Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Privatization Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Public ownership / nationalization Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Water industries Promotions
LSN:	0-335-19267-X
Barcode:	9780335192670

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