How Governments Privatize: The Politics of Divestment in the United States and Germany

by Mark Cassell

Book Overview

Governments throughout the world confront enormous challenges when divesting. Whether it is poor-performing bank loans in Japan and Korea, military bases in the United States, or real estate in eastern Europe, the challenge of public divestment is more than just a question of how to map a path to economic efficiency. Conventional wisdom in public management and privatization literature says that the execution of such enormous tasks as divestment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589010086
• ISBN13: 9781589010086
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"