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Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships 3 reviews
E. S. Savas
CQ Press, 1999
media wants to burn this and suppress it
Is awesome to see ideas outside the mainstream. Most people today like monarchy. Kings are obsolete. Let people do as they please and the inefficiency will be squirted free like bad zits. Rmoving the rules that govern is privatization. Privatizing education alone would lead to much smarter people. Let all the rules that restrain people from creating good go away. Watch life improve. think ...
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Microeconomics: Public and Private Choice 1 review
James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, ...
South-Western College Pub, 2008
True Economics
This book really does show true economic principles. It gives the behind the scenes look at what is really taking place economically. Why do things happen the way they do? Should the government put on a price cap or floor? What about the economic policies of Senator John McCain and Senator Barrack Obama? Who is more economically sound? This book really allows the everyday reader to understand the ...
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The Private Abuse of the Public Interest: Market Myths and Policy Muddles (Chicago Studies in American ...1 review
Lawrence R. Jacobs
University Of Chicago Press, 2008
"Markets Good, Government Bad" Is a Silly Approach to Governing
This is excellent political science and public policy analysis critiquing a philosophy and approach to policymaking that the authors term "market utopianism". It is grounded in a look at how several market-based public policy approaches in 3 areas--health care (HMOs, for-profit health insurance) example), education (public school choice, charter schools, and private school vouchers), and ...
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Public and Private Families: An Introduction 2 reviews
Andrew J Cherlin
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006
Recommended
I am a Sociology and Psychology double major taking a Bachelor's level Marriage and Family sociology class, and I think this book is great! Many textbooks, even in sociology(!), can be dull, but I am finding this book to be a very good read. Very informative and thought-provoking. Statistics in the forms of graphs and tables are also helpful. I also think viewing the family as having a ...
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Public-Private Policy Partnerships
Pauline Marie Rosenau
The MIT Press, 2000
Partnerships between the public and private sectors to fulfill public functions are on the increase at every level of government. In the United States and Canada they currently operate in most policy areas, and in the U.S. trial programs are planned by the Internal Revenue Service, the Census Bureau, and the Social Security Administration. Partnerships represent the second generation of efforts to bring competitive market discipline to bear ...
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Private Security and Public Safety: A Community-Based Approach 2 reviews
K. C. Poulin, Charles P. Nemeth
Prentice Hall, 2004
Security Management Magazine Review
This book examines the concept of private security companies providing community-oriented crime prevention on a contract basis. Borrowing heavily from the experience of security practitioners, it is rich in detail, well thought-out, and comprehensive--a close look at a bold new way to protect neighborhoods with a high risk of crime... ...All told, this book ably describes an important experiment ...
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Public and Private Families: A Reader 1 review
Andrew J Cherlin
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006
Where are the men?
This book was used as a textbook for a sociology of family class.
One interesting observation is that there is an odd absence of studies and articles concerning men. I am not sure if this is because of the body of research out there or because this particular author chose to disregard those studies. Overall, nice balance of pro- and anti-traditional family input.
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Economics: Private and Public Choice10 reviews
James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, ...
South-Western College Pub, 2008
When did textbooks become so interesting?
I concur with the other reviewers...this is one textbook that is worth every dollar. The authors use color and layout so well in their instruction...a wonderful feature since economics, even with all its fancy graphs, can be very boring. The text is even engaging. It's a bookshelf staple for anyone who is interested in economics, student or not.
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Macroeconomics: Public and Private Choice1 review
James D. Gwartney, Richard L. Stroup, ...
South-Western College Pub, 2008
good seller
boring book but easy to understand, by the way I like the seller that I picked
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Pompeii: Public and Private Life (Revealing Antiquity)4 reviews
Paul Zanker
Harvard University Press, 1999
Zanker on Pompeii
This book is with out a doubt an wonderful souce for students and Pompeii fanatics. As a classist myself, I was enraptured by this book. Zanker is able to intergrate the archaeological evidence with a comperhensive look at the pompeian socity. This is not to be missed!!
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Out of Joint: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis (American Lives)7 reviews
Mary Felstiner
Bison Books, 2007
Beautiful Investigation of Connectedness
I enjoyed this book so greatly. I love the way Mary Felstiner approaches the subject of joints, jointedness, connection, from such varied angles, using documents of cultural, personal, and medical history. Magnificent!! What a huge accomplishment this book represents. Apart from all else, I've learned a staggering amount from this gifted author about the body in a cultural context, and this ...
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The Public-Private Health Care State: Essays on the History of American Health Care Policy
Rosemary Stevens
Transaction Publishers, 2007
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Public/Private Finance and Development: Methodology/Deal Structuring/Developer Solicitation
John Stainback
Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 2000
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Public-Private Partnerships: Theory and Practice in International Perspective
Stephen Osborne
Routledge, 2007
Public-Private partnerships are an increasing aspect of the delivery of public policies and services across the world. This book is the first to draw upon a range of disciplines to offer theoretical perspectives upon their analysis as well as a range of case-studies of their management from around the world. It also offers a number of frameworks for the evaluation of their management. This book will be of interest to students of public policy ...
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The Manhattan Family Guide to Private Schools and Selective Public Schools, 5th Ed. (Manhattan Family Guide ...6 reviews
Victoria Goldman
Soho Press, 2005
This Book is the Bible for New York Parents
This is an amazing resource. Although, guide books for college and graduate schools have been around for some time, before Victoria Goldman there were no usable private school guides. This book has helped to place my children and many more in the school most appropriate for each of them. I would highly recommend anyone considering private schools in New York to buy this book. Goldman out does ...
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Public-Private Partnerships: Principles of Policy and Finance1 review
E. R. Yescombe
Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007
Excellent general work with welcome detail for experts, this is indispensible
Yescombe's "Public-Private Partnerships" is a welcome helpful book, especially for non-experts who have not been educated in law.
Any contract or capital structure has peculiarities unto itself which general commentary can summarize. But this is an extreme challenge in the field of public-private partnerships.
Public-private partnerships can take a variety of shapes and sizes, with ...
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Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life23 reviews
Sissela Bok
Vintage, 1999
Clearly Written and Argued
This book could be a model of how to make ethical arguments more accessible to general readers. One of the better books I have read. It helps show that the arguments against lying and dishonesty are fairly clear cut and much more restrictive than many seem to believe.
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Public-Private Partnerships: Managing Risks and Opportunities
Wiley-Blackwell, 2003
Public Private Partnership is a key issue in the construction industry - causing much concern among contractors, funders and facility managers. Demand has been building for a thorough analysis ... This edited book will familiarise both researchers and construction professionals working with public private partnerships (PPP) with the issues involved in the planning, implementation and day-to-day management of public private projects. It ...
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Public Private Partnerships: The Worldwide Revolution in Infrastructure Provision and Project Finance1 review
Darrin Grimsey, Mervyn K. Lewis
Edward Elgar Pub, 2007
super
Thanks a lot, we are very happy to have this book in our library!
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PIPEs: A Guide to Private Investments in Public Equity: Revised and Updated Edition7 reviews
Bloomberg Press, 2005
Highly Recommended!
This is an excellent and comprehensive introduction to PIPEs. The acronym stands for Private Investment in Public Equity, and this includes not only common stock but warrants and other permutations of equity. Companies often issue PIPEs when they need capital but when market conditions make it imprudent to raise funds through a public offering. Most PIPEs investors are sophisticated institutions, ...
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