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The word privatization may mean different things depending on the context in which it is used. It can mean moving something from the public sphere into the private sphere, but it may also be used to describe something that was always private, but heavily regulated, which becomes less regulated through a process of deregulation. The term may ...
Privatization is the process of transferring ownership of a business, enterprise, agency, charity or public service from the public sector (the state or government) or common use to the private sector (businesses that operate for a private profit) or to private non-profit organizations. In a broader sense, privatization refers to transfer of ...
As of 2020, the federal government owns roughly 640 million acres of land, the majority of which is concentrated in the Western US and Alaska. [1] Privatization of public land involves the selling or auctioning of public lands to the private sector. The private sector can refer to private individuals, industry, or corporations. [citation needed]
Politics portal. v. t. e. A public–private partnership (PPP, 3P, or P3) is a long-term arrangement between a government and private sector institutions. [1][2] Typically, it involves private capital financing government projects and services up-front, and then drawing revenues from taxpayers and/or users for profit over the course of the PPP ...
Matra (1988) Paribas – privatized in 1987 and merged with BNP to form BNP Paribas. Saint-Gobain – created in 1665 by minister of Finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert; privatized in 1986. Société Générale privatized in 1987. Suez – privatized and merged with the stated-owned Gaz de France (GDF) in 2008 to form GDF Suez.
Public–private partnerships (PPP or P3) are cooperative arrangements between two or more public and private sectors, typically of a long-term nature. [1] In the United States, they mostly took the form of toll roads concessions, community post offices and urban renewal projects. [2] In recent years, there has been interest in expanding P3s to ...
Accumulation by dispossession. Accumulation by dispossession is a concept presented by the Marxist geographer David Harvey. It defines neoliberal capitalist policies that result in a centralization of wealth and power in the hands of a few by dispossessing the public and private entities of their wealth or land.
Privatization has had disparate effects on women and men; one study examines how the privatization of the male-dominated manufacturing and extractive industries in Argentina as a result of structural adjustment programs and subsequent rise in unemployment among men have forced women into the labor market in which they are underpaid and face ...