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1984 Introduction and Editorial selection Julian Le Grand and Ray Robinson, individual chapters Alan Walker, David Donnison, Nick Bosanquet, Robert Sugden, Alan Maynard and Alan Williams, Peter A. West, Christine Whitehead, R.M. Kirwan, Maurice Peston, Mark Blaug, Stephen Glaister, Graham Crampton
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Privatisation and the Welfare State
Julian LeGrand and Ray Robinson
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First published in 1984
Introduction and Editorial selection Julian Le Grand and Ray Robinson, 1984; individual chapters Alan Walker, David Donnison, Nick Bosanquet, Robert Sugden, Alan Maynard and Alan Williams, Peter A. West, Christine Whitehead, R. M. Kirwan, Maurice Peston, Mark Blaug, Stephen Glaister, Graham Crampton
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Privatisation and the welfare state.
1. Public welfareGreat Britain
I. LeGrand, Julian II. Robinson, Ray, 1944
361.60941 HV245
ISBN 0-04-336079-3
ISBN 0-04-336080-7
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Privatisation and the welfare state.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Great BritainSocial-policyAddresses, essays,
lectures. 2. Welfare stateAddresses, essays, lectures.
I. Le Grand, Julian. II. Robinson, Ray V.F.
HN390.P74 1984 361.610941 8412492
ISBN 0-04-336079-3
ISBN 0-04-336080-7 (pbk.)
Contents
Privatisation and the Welfare State: An Introduction,
Julian Le Grand and Ray Robinson
The Political Economy of Privatisation,
Alan Walker
The Progressive Potential of Privatisation,
David Donnison
Is Privatisation Inevitable?
Nick Bosanquet
Voluntary Organisations and the Welfare State,
Robert Sugden
Privatisation and the National Health Service,
Alan Maynard and Alan Williams
Private Health Insurance,
Peter A. West
Privatisation and Housing,
Christine M. E. Whitehead
The Demise of Public Housing?
R. M. Kirwan
Privatisation of Education,
Maurice Peston
Education Vouchers It All Depends on What you Mean,
Mark Blaug
The Allocation of Urban Public Transport Subsidy,
Stephen Glaister
Subsidies to Urban Public Transport and Privatisation,
Graham Crampton