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The logic of public-private partnerships : the enduring interdependency of politics and markets /

"This book examines Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and tracks the movement from early technical optimism to the reality of PPP as a phenomenon in the political economy. Today's economic turbulence sees many PPP assumptions changed: what contracts can achieve, who bears the real risks,...

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Main Authors: Hodge, Graeme A. (Author)
Group Author: Greve, Carsten
Published: Edward Elgar Publishing,
Publisher Address: Cheltenham, UK :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Public-private sector cooperation > Political aspects.
Public contracts > Political aspects.
Summary: "This book examines Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), and tracks the movement from early technical optimism to the reality of PPP as a phenomenon in the political economy. Today's economic turbulence sees many PPP assumptions changed: what contracts can achieve, who bears the real risks, where governments get advice and who invests. As the gap between infrastructure needs and available financing widens, governments and businesses both must seek new ways to make contemporary PPP approaches work"--Publisher's website.
Carrier Form: ix, 293 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781784716684
1784716685
Index Number: HD3871
CLC: F272-05
Call Number: F276.5-05/H688
Contents: On public-private partnership performance : a contemporary review -- Why politics of public-private partnerships reinforced economic rationalism during twenty-five years -- The economic art of public-private partnerships -- Market development and public-private partnerships -- After the ribbon cutting : governing public-private partnerships in the medium- to long-term -- International public-private partnership policies : convergence in themes from international organizations? -- Contemporary public-private partnership : towards a global research agenda -- From public-private partnership to infrastructure governance : meaningful change in narrative, or rhetorical sidestep? -- Conclusions : public-private partnership logics for our times.

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