The free market panacea and putting the State up for sale
The free market panacea and putting the State up for sale
Whilst critics make a compelling case that private profit and public good are incompatible; that privatisation undermines the guiding principles public purpose and public service; that fundamental public services, such as education, health care, defence and criminal justice should be protected from the vagaries of the profit motive; and that the delivery of public service should be underpinned by transparency, accountability and objectivity, over the last four decades, privatisation has become an accepted part of policy across the political spectrum.
In this chapter, the authors chart key developments between 1997 and 2020. This encompasses the 13 years of New Labour government, the coalition government austerity years, the return of Conservative administration in 2015, and the 2020/1 COVID-19 crisis.
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Hamerton, Christopher
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Hobbs, Suzanne
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30 September 2022
Hamerton, Christopher
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Hobbs, Suzanne
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Hamerton, Christopher and Hobbs, Suzanne
(2022)
The free market panacea and putting the State up for sale.
In,
Privatising Criminal Justice: History, Neoliberal Penality and the Commodification of Crime.
1st ed.
Abingdon.
Routledge, .
(doi:10.4324/9781315709819-3).
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Whilst critics make a compelling case that private profit and public good are incompatible; that privatisation undermines the guiding principles public purpose and public service; that fundamental public services, such as education, health care, defence and criminal justice should be protected from the vagaries of the profit motive; and that the delivery of public service should be underpinned by transparency, accountability and objectivity, over the last four decades, privatisation has become an accepted part of policy across the political spectrum.
In this chapter, the authors chart key developments between 1997 and 2020. This encompasses the 13 years of New Labour government, the coalition government austerity years, the return of Conservative administration in 2015, and the 2020/1 COVID-19 crisis.
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Published date: 30 September 2022
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