Public Service, Private Profits: The Political Economy of Public-Private Partnerships in Canada de Loxley, John; Loxley, Salim - 2010

Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd., 2010. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Halifax and Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing, 2010. Softcover. Good. Good to Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request..

Fernwood Publishing. Fine. 2010. First Edition. Softcover. 1552663388 . Stiff crisp unmarked book. ; 8.8 X 5.9 X 0.5 inches; 224 pages .

Fernwood Pub Co Ltd, 2010. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 8.80x5.90x0.50 inches.

Winnipeg, MB: Fernwood Publishing, 2010. Soft cover. Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; "Used Text" stamped on bottom and side edge; otherwise very minimal wear; appears unread; PPPs/P3s have become all the rage amongst every level of government in Canada in recent years. Proponents claim P3s reduce the costs of building and operating public projects and services, that projects and services are delivered more efficiently through the P3 model, so that in the end taxpayers are better off economically and as consumers of public goods. This book tests all of these claims, and more, finding them mostly empty, ideological assertions. Through an exhaustive series of case studies of P3s in Canada -- from schools, bridges and water treatment plants to social services and hospital food -- this book finds that most P3s are more costly to build and finance, provide poorer quality services and are less accessible than if they were built and operated by public servants. Moreover, many essential services are less… Leer más

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Fernwood Pub Co Ltd, 2010. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 8.80x5.90x0.50 inches.

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