Jeff Tan

Privatization in Malaysia

Regulation, Rent-Seeking and Policy Failure

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores privatization in Malaysia, focusing in particular on how political constraints resulted in the failure of four major privatizations: the national sewerage company (IWK), Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT), national airline (MAS), and national car company (Proton).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780415545372
• ISBN-10: 0415545374
• Artikelnr.: 57056315

Autorenporträt

Jeff Tan is an Assistant Professor at the Aga Khan University Institute for the Studies of Muslim Civilisations (AKU-ISMC) in London where he lectures in development studies. He specialises in the political economy of development and his research interests include the privatisation of public utilities and infrastructure, governance and globalisation.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Why Privatize? 2. Privatization, Rents and Rent Seeking 3.
Institutional and Political Failure: Privatization in Malaysia 4. Universal
Access and Private Provision: Malaysia's National Sewerage 5. The Fallacy
of Privatized Urban Rail: Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit 6. Perverse
Incentives: Malaysia Airlines 7. Rents and Industrial Upgrading: Proton 8.
Summary and Conclusion