Privatizing 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-Sah...

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Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: New York Columbia Univ. Press [u.a.] 2004
Series:The CERI series in comparative politics and international studies
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XXII, 261 S.
ISBN:0231134649

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