Privatizing the State

Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-231-13464-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 279 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: The CERI Series in Comparative Politics & International Studies

In the new global political economy, "privatization" names a transformation of the roles of public and private actors with the goal of reforming government policies and economic aid programs. It is an objective, a slogan, a fetish. But what does it signify? On the one hand, it refers to the process of changing industries, businesses, and services from governmental or public ownership to private agencies. But privatization now also extends to what are normally the prerogatives of national states: taxation, customs, internal security, national defense, and peace negotiations. In much of the literature, privatization is associated with the retreat, decline, or even demise of the state.

Using Max Weber's concept of delegation, or "discharge," as a point of departure, Hibou and the contributors of this volume propose an alternative view, interpreting the contemporary restructuring of economic and political relations in much of the world as "the privatization of the state." This book challenges received ideas about the process of globalization and its presumed homogenization by suggesting that rather than weakening the powers of the state, privatization actually strengthens it. With examples from Russia, Poland, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa, the book questions the supposed inefficiency of states in regulating capitalism and the role economic and financial knowledge play as substitutes for political and social analysis.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hibou, Béatrice

Weitere Mitwirkende

Derrick, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Staats- und Regierungsformen, Staatslehre
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: From Privatising the Economy to Privatising the State, by Béatrice HibouPart I. Privatisation of State Enterprises From Corruption to Regulation: Post-Communist Enterprises in Poland, by François BafoilShenyang: Privatisation in the Vanguard of Socialism, by Antoine KemenPart II: Privatisation of International Relations Privatisation of Sovereignty and the Survival of Weak States, by William RenoNon-Sovereign Power: New Regulatory Authorities and Change in the Lake Chad Basin States, by Janet RoitmanFictitious Privatisation: Relations with Taiwan, by Françoise MenginPart III: Political Transition and Privatisation of the State Is China Becoming an Ordinary State?, by Jean-Louis RoccaPrivatisation and Political Change in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia, by Gilles Favarel-GarriguesThe Pastoral Government Idea and Privatisation of the State in Indonesia, by Romain BertrandPostface: Tenants of the House: Privatising the State and Building the Political Sphere, by Yves Chévrier

Über Autor(innen)

Béatrice Hibou is a researcher with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI) in Paris. She is the coauthor of The Criminalization of the State in Africa.