Privatisation and the Welfare State

<p>Originally published in 1984 <i>Privatisation and the Welfare State</i> brings together a distinguished set of experts on the Welfare State and its main policy areas of health care housing education and transport. Each chapter provides some much-needed analysis of privatisation policies in areas where too often political rhetoric is allowed to dominate discussion. The book makes a major contribution to the reader's understanding of the complex issues involved in this controversial area of social policy. As the first systematic evaluation of a broad range of welfare state privatisation proposals it is essential reading for economists social administrators and political scientists. </p>