Klappentext

State Enterprise (1971) examines nationalized industries and their political control. It looks at their objectives, and the guidance given to the politicians tasked with running these industries, as well as the qualifications needed, and the performance demanded of them. Many of the contributions to the debate about government-board relations in the nationalized industries were made by economists, but the author concludes, through a thorough analysis of the attempt to apply new methods of economic decision-making, that the results of this debate have not done much to settle the basic problems of running nationalized industries.

Inhalt

Part 1. The Politics of State Enterprise 1. Introduction 2. The Origins of the Nationalized Industries Part 2. Nationalized Industries and the Public Interest 3. Social and Economic Obligations 4. Financial Obligations Part 3. Political Control of the Nationalized Industries 5. The Role of Parliament 6. The Role of Ministers 7. The National Board for Prices and Incomes 8. Joint Consultation with Workers and Consumers 9. Some Proposals for Reform Part 4. International Comparisons and Conclusions 10. State Enterprise in Sweden 11. The State Holding Company in Italy 12. A New Style of State Enterprise