{"product_id":"purchase-for-profit-public-private-partnerships-and-canadas-public-health-care-system-paperback-softback-9781442628755","title":"Purchase for Profit; Public-Private Partnerships and Canada's Public Health Care System (Paperback \/ softback) 9781442628755","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePurchase for Profit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePublic-Private Partnerships and Canada's Public Health Care System\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHeather Whiteside (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781442628755\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 July 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages, 7 b\u0026amp;w tables\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.3 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Whiteside’s book should be read by anyone involved in Canadian health systems policy or research and by those involved in P3 research and debates in other Anglo-American countries.” - Ronald Labonte, Institute of Population Health and Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the start of the twenty-first century, Canadian provinces have increasingly begun turning to the private sector to finance and construct large-scale infrastructure projects. From a critical public policy perspective, the danger of these public-private partnerships (P3s) is that they are more than just new ways to deliver public infrastructure. They are neoliberal projects that privatize and corporatize the basis of public services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalyzing four Canadian P3 hospital projects, Heather Whiteside argues that P3s not only fail to fulfill the promises made by their proponents but also compromise public control of health policy, outcomes, and future plans. Yet, despite these disadvantages, the use of P3s is being normalized and expanded in BC and Ontario through capital planning frameworks and special government agencies that support and encourage P3 projects. Based on extensive interviews with academic experts, union representatives, provincial government decision-makers, and private sector partners, \u003cem\u003ePurchase for Profit\u003c\/em\u003e will be important for those studying public policy in any of the areas in which P3s are now being adopted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Purchase for Profit\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 1 – The Political Economy of Privatization and Public-Private Partnerships\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 2 – Partnering for Profit\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 3 – Normalizing P3 Procurement \u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 4 – P3 Procurement and the Marketization of the Public Sector\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 5 – British Columbia’s Pioneering P3 Hospitals\u003cbr\u003e  Chapter 6 – Ontario’s Pioneering P3 Hospitals\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e  Appendix – Development Timeline for Canada’s Pioneering P3 Hospitals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52588162449688,"sku":"9781442628755","price":22.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/purchase-for-profit-public-private-partnerships-and-canadas-public-health-care-system-paperback-softback-9781442628755","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}