Information about the creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a program designed to privatize some social services by using nonprofit organizations. Provided by the Almanac of Policy Issues, a project of Policy News Publishing.
Policy analysis by Cato Institute describes failures of the government to provide good land stewardship, criteria for reform efforts, and a blueprint for auctioning off all public lands over 20 to 40 years. Published December 1999.
Article by Paul Starr, a Princeton professor who generally opposes privatization, attempting to clarify its meaning as an idea, as theory and rhetoric, and as a political practice.
Quarterly periodical of articles and book reviews, addressing topics such as the Michigan Civilian Conservation Corps, notable attempts at privatization, outsourcing, and the public schools in Grand Rapids. Provided by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
Transcript of a Marx Brothers sketch from the film "A Night At the Opera, " used in a radio documentary to illustrate the problems of responsibility and contractual enforcement involved in government outsourcing.
Provides practical research and analysis, how-to guides, case studies, and reports designed to inform elected officials on how to streamline government. A project of the Reason Foundation.
Marketing and information resource for current investment opportunities arising from privatization in developing countries and economies in transition. Sponsored by The World Bank Group.
Resource for information on government reform, privatization, contracting out, and public/private partnerships. Includes events, features, publications, privatization database, and service provider directory. Sponsored by the Reason Public Policy Institute.
Report presents the case for privatizing the Department of Motor Vehicles, and gives working models in other states. Authored by Patrick Hazel; published by the Cascade Policy Institute in January, 1997.
Research unit focusing on privatization of public services in water, energy, waste management and healthcare, including the role of multinational companies and of international institutions, especially the EU and the World Bank.
