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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.

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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 rule legitimately? This book argues that it cannot. It argues that privatization constitutes a regression to a precivil condition - what philosophers centuries ago called 'a state of nature.'

Privatization. --- Contracting out --- Public contracts. --- Legitimacy of governments. --- Government policy. --- Bernardo Zacka. --- Debra Satz. --- Governing by Contract. --- James Pattison. --- Jody Freeman. --- Kant. --- Martha Minow. --- Outsourcing and American Democracy. --- Public Service and Moral Agency. --- The Morality of Private War. --- When the State Meets the Street. --- Why Some Things Should not be for Sale. --- civil service. --- delegation of power. --- democracy. --- dependence and independence. --- discretion. --- for-profit firms. --- freedom. --- legitimacy. --- nonprofit organizations. --- political authority. --- private prisons. --- welfare provision.