Die Leistungsausgaben für Gesundheit steigen rapide an, der demografische Wandel verschärft die Situation noch zusätzlich. Stetig wachsende Leistungserwartungen sind mit limitierten und teils schwindenden Ressourcen nicht erfüllbar. Wie viel Privatisierung braucht das deutsche...

IntroductionPART 1. MARKET PROCESSES IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM 1. Insurance as a market institution 2. Alternative market forms of financing access to medical services 3. The health system as an element of the market economy PART 2. UNIVERSAL (PUBLIC) HEALTH SYSTEM AS AN EFFECT OF STATE INTERVENTIONS...

1. Structure of pension systems 2. Neoliberalism as an ideological basis for pension fund capitalism 3. The supporters and instruments of pension privatization 4. Costs and risks associated with private pensions 5. The experience of different countries with pension fund capitalism 6. Poland as a...

chapter 1 Introduction: Why privatize? -- chapter 2 Privatization, rents and rent-seeking -- chapter 3 Institutional and political failure: Privatization in Malaysia -- chapter 4 Universal access and private provision: Malaysia's national sewerage system -- chapter 5 The myth of privatized urban...

pt. 1. (Self-)regulation in the financial sector -- pt. 2. Transnational corporations facing labour, ecological, and consumers' concerns -- pt. 3. Prospects and limits of avant-garde cases: the private regulation of the cyberspace -- pt. 4. Regional integration as a driving force towards...