States of Liberalization by Mitchell P Smith

States of Liberalization by Mitchell P Smith

As economic competition is introduced into areas formerly served by public sector monopolies, to what extent do governments lose discretion over their use of the public sector? States of Liberalization examines the impact of the European Union's rigorous single-market competition policy on the abilities of Western European governments to use the public sector to achieve political objectives. Examining several politically contentious sectors, including government purchasing of goods and services, postal services, and public sector financial institutions, Mitchell P. Smith explores and explains the scope and the limits of this transformation. While European economic integration and the application of European Community competition policy have substantially infused competition into public services, the process has been more modest, and more deliberate, than a simple reading of Europe's potent market-making mechanisms would predict.

Mitchell P. Smith is Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Area Studies at The University of Oklahoma. He is the coeditor (with Thomas Banchoff) of Legitimacy and the European Union: The Contested Polity.

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ISBN 13	9780791465431
ISBN 10	0791465438
Title	States of Liberalization
Author	Mitchell P Smith
Series	Suny Series In Global Politics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	State University of New York Press
Year published	2005-09-29
Number of pages	256
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