Redefining the State
Privatization and Welfare Reform in Industrial and Transitional Economies

Professor Spulber traces the role of the state in the West and East for more than two centuries.

Nicolas Spulber (Author)

9780521594257, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 October 1997

274 pages, 3 b/w illus. 22 tables
23.7 x 16.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.565 kg

"If you're looking for a crisp overview of the role of the state in the West and the East over two centuries, this book is a great place to begin. And if you want to dig deeper in any area, just follow the author's up-to-date and comprehensive citations." Ravi Ramamurti, Business History Review

Redefining the State examines in historical perspective the changes of the role of the state with regard to public ownership and the scope of welfare in the main industrial and transitional economies. These changes have given rise to illuminating debates on the state's size, range, and function, and have involved important transformations concerning the boundaries between the public and private sector, the forms and extent of privatization, and the nature and content of public welfare. These debates and transformations are of critical importance to understanding the actual and potential scope of the state in any economy.

Preface
Part I. Rationale for the State's Expansion: 1. Public ownership and welfare
2. An all-encompassing party-State
Part II. Methods of Remodelling the State: 3. Limiting the State's size and scope
4. Restructuring the State's foundations
Part III. Comparisons within Broader Frameworks: 5. Options and outcomes in the industrial economies
6. Options and outcomes in the transitional economies
Part IV. Outlook for the Twenty-First Century: 7. Contraction vs expansion of the scope of the State
Notes
Index.

Subject Areas: Economics [KC]