Public ownership and the community
By: Peter McKinlay.
Contributors: Victoria University of Wellington. Institute of Policy Studies.
Publisher: Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Wellington [N.Z.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Banks and banking -- New Zealand.; Electric utilities -- New Zealand.; Government ownership -- New Zealand.; Local government -- New Zealand.; Privatization -- New Zealand.; Public utilities -- New Zealand.; Trust companies -- New Zealand.
Description: This book reviews the decisions which led to the establishment of a series of trusts as the result of restructuring our trustee savings banks and electricity distributors. It is a study of their governance and management, which sheds new light on issues of public versus private ownership, mandate, legitimacy and the meaning of community, as well as on the future of local government as major services such as water and waste water are restructured along commercial lines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-170).