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The Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Means

Name: The Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Means
Author: John D. Donahue
ISBN: 9780465063574

by John D. Donahue

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Overview

What government activities should be contracted out to private companies? This thoughtful book by a Harvard policy analyst shuns global answers and explores how to examine individual cases.

A John F. Kennedy School policy analyst provides the definitive book on privatization, the delivery of public services by the private sector.

Synopsis

What government activities should be contracted out to private companies? This thoughtful book by a Harvard policy analyst shuns global answers and explores how to examine individual cases.

New York Times Book Review

Extremely well written and full of fascinating information.

About the Author, John D. Donahue

John D. Donahue is associate professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. From 1993 to 1995 he served in the Labor Department, first as an Assistant Secretary, then as Counselor to the Secretary. He is the author of The Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Means and coauthor (with Robert B. Reich) of New Deals: The Chrysler Revival and the American System. He and his family live in Lexington, Massachusetts.