Purchase for Profit - Public-Private Partnerships and Canada's Public Health Care System (Paperback)

Since the start of the twenty-first century, Canadian provinces have increasingly begun turning to the private sector to finance and construct large-scale infrastructure projects. From a critical public policy perspective, the danger of these public-private partnerships (P3s) is that they are more than just new ways to deliver public infrastructure. They are neoliberal projects that privatize and corporatize the basis of public services. Analyzing four Canadian P3 hospital projects, Heather Whiteside argues that P3s not only fail to fulfill the promises made by their proponents but also compromise public control of health policy, outcomes, and future plans. Yet, despite these disadvantages, the use of P3s is being normalized and expanded in BC and Ontario through capital planning frameworks and special government agencies that support and encourage P3 projects. Based on extensive interviews with academic experts, union representatives, provincial government decision-makers, and private sector partners, Purchase for Profit will be important for those studying public policy in any of the areas in which P3s are now being adopted.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	August 2015
First published:	2015
Authors:	Heather Whiteside
Dimensions:	228 x 153 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-4426-2875-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	1-4426-2875-8
Barcode:	9781442628755

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