State Regulation and the Politics of Public Service
Subtitle: The Case of the Water Industry (Employment and Work Relations in Context)
By: Graham Taylor
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 3, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780720123128
Subjects: Civil service & public sector; Management & management techniques; Political economy; Water industries; Water utilities; Public Policy - General; Public Utilities; Water And Marine Resources Management; Law; Nature; Water Supply; Politics/International Relations; Public Policy - Social Policy; Government & Business; Business & Economics / Government & Business; Great Britain; Government policy; Grande-Bretagne.; Nutsbedrijven.; Politique gouvernementale; Services des eaux; gtt; ram
Description: This text addresses the question of public service in the context of privatization, with specific reference to the water industry. The notion of public service is examined both theoretically and historically, thereby placing the development of the public utilities in a broader frame than usual. The way in which public services are part of a complicated state relation that has developed throughout the 20th century is systematically investigated, opening up a series of questions of direct relevance for current debates about public ownership and nationalization.