John D. Donahue

Governance in a globalizing world

An exploration of the impact of governance on culture, economics, security and the environment in a globalized world. The book aims to answer three questions: how are patterns of globalization currently evolving?; how do these patterns affect governance?; and how might globalism itself be governed?

The Privatization Decision: Public Ends, Private Means.

The Stakes * The Architecture of Accountability * Privatization and Public Spending Evidence And Arguments * Organizational Form and Function * The Evidence On Efficiency * The Terms of the Privatization Decision Cases And Cautionary Tales * Lessons from the Pentagon * Local Service Contracting * The Private Prisons Debate * Business, Government, and Job Training Conclusions * The (Limited) Promise of Privatization