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A distinguished group of scholars explore the moral values and political consequences of privatization The 21st century has seen a proliferation of privatization across industries in the United States, from security and the military to public transportation and infrastructure. In shifting control from the state to private actors, do we weaken or strengthen structures of governance? Do state-owned enterprises promise to be more equal and fair than their privately-owned rivals? What role can accountability measures play in mediating the effects of privatization; and what role does coercion play in the state governance and control? In this latest installment from the NOMOS series, an interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars in political science, law, and philosophy examine the moral and political consequences of transferring state-provided or state-owned goods and services to the private sector. The essays consider how we should evaluate the decision to privatize, both with respect to the quality of outcomes that might be produced, and in terms of the effects of privatization on the core values underlying democratic decision-making. Privatization also affects the structure of governance in a variety of important ways, and these essays evaluate the consequences of privatization on the state. Privatization sheds new light on these highly salient questions of contemporary political life and institutional design.

Privatization --- Privatization. --- Lenin. --- accountability. --- civic responsibility. --- classical Athens. --- coercion. --- consent. --- contracting out. --- corporatization. --- democracy. --- deregulation. --- enforcement. --- equality. --- equilibrium. --- executive power. --- freedom. --- inequality. --- justice. --- justification. --- liberalism. --- market competition. --- markets. --- national security. --- nonprofits. --- polity. --- private contractors. --- private prisons. --- privatization. --- public officials. --- public sector. --- reciprocity. --- regulation. --- republicanism. --- responsibility. --- rule of law. --- slavery. --- state. --- transaction costs. --- value pluralism.

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"Benjamin Barber is one of America's preeminent political theorists. He has been a significant voice in the continuing debate about the nature and role of democracy in the contemporary world. A Passion for Democracy collects twenty of his most important writings on American democracy. In these pieces, Barber argues for participatory democracy without dependence on abstract metaphysical foundations, and he stresses the relationship between democracy and civil society, civic education, and culture."--Jacket.

Democracy --- Democracy. --- USA. --- United States. --- Academy for the Third Millennium. --- Alien and Sedition Laws. --- American Revolution. --- American republic. --- Benito Cereno (Melville). --- British Telephone. --- Calvinism. --- Clinton Administration. --- Continental Congress. --- Democratic party. --- Electronic Frontier Foundation. --- Fairness Doctrine. --- French Revolution. --- House of Representatives. --- Johns Hopkins University. --- Kennedy, Justice Anthony. --- Law of Incomplete Realization. --- Lyceum. --- Murdoch, Rupert. --- New York University. --- Pendleton, Edmund. --- Pericles. --- altruism. --- automobiles. --- bill of rights, electronic. --- books. --- capitalism. --- censorship. --- civic literacy. --- civic responsibility. --- communitarianism. --- deliberation. --- ecological interdependence. --- entertainment industry. --- factionalism. --- harmony. --- intellectual property. --- interests. --- iron law of oligarchy. --- libertarianism. --- market: advertising. --- military service. --- nationalism. --- paideia. --- proceduralism. --- race relations. --- redistricting. --- reflexivity. --- revolutionary spirit. --- secession. --- shopping malls. --- social contract tradition.