Privatizing the State |
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| Editor:
| Hibou, Béatrice |
| Translator:
| Derrick, Jonathan |
| Series title: | CERI Series in Comparative Politics and International Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-13464-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $124.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.