The Privatized State
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The Privatized State
By (Author) Chiara Cordelli
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
1st July 2022
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Political science and theory
Privatization
Political economy
338.925
Physical Properties
Paperback
356
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
Why government outsourcing of public powers is making us less free Many governmental functions today-from the management of prisons and welfare offices to warfare and financial regulation-are outsourced to private entities. Education and health care are funded in part through private philanthropy rather than taxation. Can a privatized government
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"Winner of the ECPR Political Theory Prize, European Consortium for Political Research"
Author Bio
Chiara Cordelli is associate professor of political science at the University of Chicago. She is the coeditor of Philanthropy in Democratic Societies.
