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Ties that bind
2000
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Title
Ties that bind: economic and political dilemmas of urban utility networks, 1800-1990
Creator
Jacobson, Charles David
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Statement of Responsibility
Charles David Jacobson.
Date
2000
Identifier
31735062135888
Description
"In this comparative historical study, Charles David Jacobson explores broad public policy concerns about private monopoly and the role of government in society, while at the same time addressing highly practical questions of how to make ownership, regulatory, and contracting arrangements for municipal services work better." "For his analysis, Jacobson draws upon economic history to shed light on relationships between technology, market forces, and problems of governance that have arisen in connection with different utility networks. Focusing on four major U.S. cities - Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, and Pittsburgh - his study spans nearly two centuries, from the creation of centralized water systems in the first half of the nineteenth century and the building of electric utilities from the 1880s to the 1980s to an analysis of cable television franchising from the 1960s to the 1980s. Throughout, he argues, information and transactions costs played decisive roles in determining how well different ownership and regulatory arrangements functioned in different situations." "Based upon extensive research in primary sources and using bold conceptualizations for his analysis, Jacobson's work moves us closer to understanding the political, economic, and technological dilemmas of modern urban utility networks."--BOOK JACKET.
Extent
xi, 282 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh
Type
text
Genre
bibliography
Subject
Public utilities--United States--Case studies
Public utilities--Deregulation--United States--Case studies
Water utilities--United States--Case studies
Electric utilities--United States--Case studies
Telecommunication policy--United States--Case studies
Cable television--Government policy--United States--Case studies
Geographic Subjects
United States
Language
eng
Collection
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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