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1031734
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Palast, Greg.
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Democracy and regulation : : how the public can govern essential services /\ Greg Palast, Jerrold Oppenheim, and Theo MacGregor.
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London ;Sterling, Va. :: Pluto Press,, 2003.
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1 online resource (xx, 233 pages) :: illustrations
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1849641609
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0745319424
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0745319432
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9780745319421
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9780745319438
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-223) and index.
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""Contents""; ""Democracy and Regulation: An Introduction ""; ""1 Secrecy, Democracy and Regulation ""; ""2 Regulating in Public ""; ""Open information versus secrecy ""; ""Who is the public? ""; "" Consultation is not participation ""; ""Employees, service quality and democracy ""; ""Failings of the American system ""; ""3 Competition as Substitute for Regulation? Britain to California 28Crisis in California: electricity competition comes to America ""; ""Manipulation and monopoly abuse are impossible to prevent ""; ""Utility services are different ""
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"" Deregulation creates new rules and bureaucracies """"The problem of volatility and new inefficiencies ""; ""The union worker, service quality and deregulation ""; ""Price discrimination ""; ""Democratic control of deregulation ""; ""4 Re- regulation is not Deregulation ""; ""Recent history ""; ""Principles ""; ""Restructuring the industry ""; ""Market power ""; ""Market segmentation ""; "" Competition for domestic customers 48Telephones: the new marketplace is raising prices ""; ""5 The Open Regulatory Process ""; ""The process ""; ""Principles ""; ""The regulators ""
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""11 Regulating the Multinational Utility """"United States ""; ""Brazil ""; ""Bolivia ""; ""Democracy: a value in itself ""; ""12 Failed Experiments in the UK and the US ""; ""The United Kingdom""; ""The United States""; ""Maintenance and job cutbacks ""; ""Roller- coaster prices ""; ""Few benefits for domestic consumers ""; ""Much of the electricity debacle was predictable ""; ""The democratic reaction ""; ""13 The Biggest Failures: California and Enron ""; ""California ""; ""Enron's rise and fall""; ""The build-up ""; ""Creative accounting ""; ""The downfall ""; ""The money trail ""
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""6 Social Pricing """"Affordability programs ""; ""Consumer protections ""; ""Education programs ""; ""Efficiency and weatherization programs ""; ""Benefits ""; ""7 Issues that are Publicly Decided ""; ""Service quality, safety, prices and employment ""; ""Choice of utility ownership form ""; ""Universal service, including extension of service ""; ""Other regulatory agencies ""; ""Choice of technology ""; ""8 An Alternative: Democratic Negotiations ""; ""The filing ""; ""Intervention ""; ""Mediation ""; ""Discovery ""; ""An energy conservation case ""; ""Results of negotiations ""
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""9 Be There: A Guide to Public Participation 98Aim high """"Become informed ""; ""Demand participation ""; ""Forge coalitions ""; ""Persist ""; ""10 A History of Democratic Utility Regulation in the US ""; ""The early years ""; ""1880 1907 ""; ""Direct current ""; ""Alternating current ""; ""Public versus private ownership ""; ""1907 1929 ""; ""Regulation of IOUs ""; ""Development of holding companies ""; ""1930 1970 ""; ""Collapse of Insull s empire ""; ""Federal action ""; ""Public Utility Holding Company Act ""; ""Federal Power Act""; ""1980�2002""; ""Emerging deregulation""
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Democracy-- United States.
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Privatization-- United States.
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Public utilities-- Deregulation-- United States.
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Public utilities-- Rates-- United States.
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Public utilities-- State supervision-- United States.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Business Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- Economic Development.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Development-- General.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Government Business.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Structural Adjustment.
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Contrôle de l'État.
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Democracy.
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Démocratie.
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Dérèglementation.
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Deregulierung
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Öffentliches Unternehmen
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.
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Privatisation.
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Privatization.
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Public utilities-- Deregulation.
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Public utilities-- Rates.
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Public utilities-- State supervision.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- General.
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Versorgungsbetrieb
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Dienstensector.
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Privatisering.
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Regulering.
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Services publics.
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États-Unis.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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338.973/05
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HD2766.P33 2003eb
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83.52bcl
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83.52.bcl
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MG 70020rvk
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MG 70020.rvk
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MacGregor, Theo.
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Oppenheim, Jerrold.
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