Why Has the Public Sector Grown So Large in Market Societies? The Political Economy of Prudence in the UK, C.1870-2000

Avner Offer

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Publisher's Synopsis

Victorian-style public/private standoffs in the United Kingdom have emerged again, with prudential crises in pensions, education, health, communications, and transport. Professor Offer's text constitutes a timely intervention in current debates about the role of the private sector in providing public services, whilst focusing on the historical reaons why provision moved from the private to the public sector in the first place. Includes a bibliography.

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Book information

ISBN:	9780199514359
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Imprint:	Oxford University Press
Pub date:	10 Apr 2003
DEWEY:	330.0941
DEWEY edition:	21
Number of pages:	50
Weight:	81g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	7mm