1st Edition

The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II Popular Capitalism, 1987-97

By David Parker Copyright 2012
672 Pages
by Routledge

672 Pages
by Routledge

664 Pages
by Routledge

This is Volume II of Professor Parker's authoritative Official History of Privatisation, covering the period from the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in 1987 to the election of Tony Blair in 1997. Volume II considers in detail several of the major privatisations, including those of airports, steel, water, electricity, coal and the railways, as well as a number of smaller ones. Each... Read more

1. The Privatisation Programme by June 1987  2. On To The Next Stage – Privatisation and the 1987-92 Government  3. Privatising The British Airports Authority  4. Privatising British Steel  5. Privatising British Leyland  6. Privatising Girobank, The Trust Ports and Short Brothers  7. Privatising the Water Industry: Early Planning  8. Regulating the Water Industry  9. Water Privatisation Achieved  10. Privatising the Electricity Industry: The Origins  11. The Failure to Privatise Nuclear Generation  12. Creating Electricity Markets  13. Privatising the Electricity Industry: Capital Restructuring, the Sales and Later Developments  14. Completing the Circle: Privatisation and the 1992-97 Government  15. Privatising the Coal Industry  16. Privatising the Railways: From Rejection to Legislation  17. Privatising the Railways: A Privatisation too Far?  18. Reviving the Goose.  Appendix: Major Privatisations July 1987 – April 1997: A Listing of the Principal Advisers

Biography

David Parker is Emeritus Professor at the School of Management, Cranfield University, UK and was formerly Research Professor in Privatisation and Regulation.  He has researched privatisation for over 25 years and has acted as a consultant on privatisation internationally.  Previous publications include the International Handbook on Privatization (with D.Saal), published in 2003 and Volume I of The Official History of Privatisation (Routledge 2009).