Fox in the Henhouse How Privatization Threatens Democracy

Name: Fox in the Henhouse How Privatization Threatens Democracy
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ISBN: 9781576753378

ISBN-10: 1576753379

ISBN-13: 9781576753378

Edition: 2005

Authors: Si Kahn, Elizabeth Minnich

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The Fox in the Henhouse takes an in-depth look at the growing practice of privatization-what it is, what it does to our society, and how we can stop it.Privatisation is one of the most important political and economic developments of our time, affecting virtually every person and state in the world. The purpose of The Fox in the Henhouse is to present, in clear, direct terms, an analysis of privatisation that will help people understand what is happening to them and what they can do about it.It gives people on all sides of many different privatisation struggles (over hospitals, schools, sanitation, water, Social Security, the military, public lands, the postal service, national parks,…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/10/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 275
Size: 8.50" wide x 5.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Foreword



Foreword



Preface: Who We Are, Why We Care


Introduction: A Road Map



Public, It's Ours; Private, It's Theirs



"Morning in America"?



Drawing the Line: Private Versus Public Goods



Introducing Corporations



Forms of Privatization



Privatization at Work



A Worst-Case Scenario: For-Profit Private Prisons



Tracking and Backtracking Politicians



Keep the Paying Guests Coming: Filling Up the Prisons



We Love This Problem: Lives for Sale



Don't Fence Me In: Private Walls and Public Rights



Privatizing Against Equality



Minds for Sale



Privatizing Social Security: A Case Study of Ideology, Strategy, Tactics



The Great Divide



The Two Cultures of the Twenty-First Century



Appreciating the Public Sector



A Fable, and a Fabulous True Story



An Offer No Corporation Could Refuse



Freedom, Revolution, Progress



The American Dream-Always at Risk



Differing Visions, Conflicting Values



"Trickling Down" into the 1980s and 1990s



Methods That Affect Our Lives



Resistant Strengths


Afterword: Returning Home, Remembering Meanings of Freedom


Notes


Bibliography


Index


Resources


About the Authors