The Privatization of Israel
The Withdrawal of State Responsibility
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Beschreibung
The book is the first to cover all areas of privatization in Israel and one of the first to do so in general, including state infrastructure, immigration policy, land, health, education, welfare, regulation, and policy design. As such, it offers a comprehensive volume for students, policy makers, and scholars interested in the economic, sociological, political, and legal perspectives of a major policy trend that has changed the face and character of the modern state. In addition, it is a vital contribution to those who have an interest in changes in Israeli society, politics, and economy.
The book is the first to cover all areas of privatization in Israel and one of the first to do so in general, including state infrastructure, immigration policy, land, health, education, welfare, regulation, and policy design. As such, it offers a comprehensive volume for students, policy makers, and scholars interested in the economic, sociological, political, and legal perspectives of a major policy trend that has changed the face and character of the modern state. In addition, it is a vital contribution to those who have an interest in changes in Israeli society, politics, and economy.
Provides a comprehensive history of privatization policy in Israel and analyzes its multiple dimensions and ongoing expansion. Reviews critically the consequences of privatization for the public sector and for society and democracy including its impact on inequality, democracy and the quality of public services. Makes the point that privatization in Israel did not correspond with the withdrawal of the state, but rather at times strengthened its capacities to advance a nationalist ethos.
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Amir Paz-Fuchs
Themen in »The Privatization of Israel«
Israel Privatization State Responsibility Israeli Modern State Modern Israel Israel State Infrastructure Israel Immigration Policy Israel Land Israel Health Israel Education Israel Welfare Israel Regulation Israel Policy Design
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“This indispensable volume offers the first comprehensive survey of privatization, a major driver of the transformation of Israel’s political-economic landscape over the last three decades. Core substantive chapters document and analyze privatization in all of the main branches of Israel’s welfare state. They are complemented by studies of other areas that range from land management to labor services to the crafting of public policy itself. Many other valuable contributions, not only for scholars of Israel, are found in the thoughtful and wide-ranging introduction and conclusion and chapters on the causes and consequences of privatization.” (Michael Shalev, Visiting Professor, Political Science, UC Berkeley & UCLA, USA, and Emeritus, Sociology & Political Science, Hebrew University, Israel)
“Israel stands out as one of the countries in which the privatization process has been most radical. In the last twenty years public expenditures out of GDP declined by more than 12 percent. Manypublic services were transferred to contractors. The share of unionized workers declined from 80 percent to 24 percent. These drastic changes make Israel an interesting case to analyze in order to understand privatization. The book teaches us a number of lessons. One is the importance of political support for privatization from all main parties. The second lesson is that living in a conflict lends support to privatization for various reasons. Hence, this interesting book is important not only to Israelis, but to others as well, as to all socially minded readers.” (Joseph Zeira, Professor of Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
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