Accountability in the Privatized State (journal article)
by Graeme A. Hodge and and Ken Coghill
from Governance, Vol. 20 No. 4, pp. 675-702
"This article looks at the notion of accountability and the degree to which privatizing public sector activities might improve or worsen such mechanisms. It then looks specifically at the different systems of accountability existing following three privatization activities in Victoria and compares these against that existing previously under public operation. The sale of electricity sector enterprises, the operation of urban rail service franchises, and the implementation of a public–private partnership project to supply transport infrastructure are adopted as case studies."