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Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002 Privatization §Betty Reid Mandell, “The Privatization of Everything” l A study of various facets of privatization — cost effectiveness, economic and political motivations, effects on workers, effects on social services. §Multinational Monitor - A Monthly Magazine That Studies the Multinational Corporations and the Privatization of Public Services. l A monthly magazine that studies the multinational corporations and the privatization of public services.

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002 Privatization §Political Research Associates. l A progressive research center that studies antidemocratic, authoritarian and other oppressive movements, institutions and trends. Their study of the Pioneer Institute documents how this conservative think tank advanced privatization of public services in Massachusetts.

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2002 Questions for Thought §Does privatizing prisons present ethical problems regarding the state’s responsibility for punishing law- breakers? §Many private non-profit social agencies get over half of their funding from the government. If you were in charge of monitoring how these funds were spent, would you put any restrictions on the agency’s use of the funds? §What are the pros and cons of faith-based social services?