Privatization and Deregulation of Transport by W. Bradshaw (English) Hardcover B

Description: Privatization and Deregulation of Transport by W. Bradshaw, H. Lawton Smith The event took place following the election of the first Labour government for seventeen years and following an announcement of the consultation process leading up to the publication of a Transport White Paper. The debates in the book contain reflections on the legacy of the previous administration and the challenges facing the new government. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The papers which make up the chapters of this book were given at a seminar in Oxford. The event took place following the election of the first Labour government for 17 years and following an announcement of the consultation process leading up to the publication of a Transport White Paper. The debates in the book contain reflections on the legacy of the previous administration and the challenges facing the new government. Author Biography BILL BRADSHAW was for 30 years a career railwayman during which time he held three senior executive positions as Director of Operations, Director of the Policy Unit and General Manager of the Western Region. Following a back injury he left British Rail and became Chairman of Ulsterbus, Professor of Transport Management of Salford University and has been a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Wolfson College Oxford since 1986. During the last Parliament he was Specialist Adviser to the Transport Select Committee of the House of Commons. HELEN LAWTON SMITH has been a Research Fellow in the Centre for Local Economic Development, Coventry University since 1995. She is also Director of Science Policy Studies of the Regulatory Policy Research Centre at Hertford College, Oxford University. Her research interests include scientific labour markets in transition and regional innovation infrastructures. Table of Contents List of Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION Introduction; B.Bradshaw & H.Lawton Smith Regulation of Transport: An Overview; A.Burchell PART II: BUS INDUSTRY Experience in the UK Bus and Coach Industry; P.White Competition and Local Bus Services; M.Parr Rural Transport After the Deregulation of Buses; A.Root PART III: RAILWAYS The Privatisation of British Rail; R.Davies Railway Regulation: Looking Ahead to the Millennium; C.Bolt Liberalised Access to the Railway Network; P. O Donnell Privatisation and Deregulation in Railways: An Assessment of the British Approach; C.Nash Regulation and Deregulation in a Subsidised Industry; Passenger Rail Franchising; B.Stannard Competitive Behaviour in Britains Privatised Rail Industry; M.Schabas Japan Railways since Privatisation; F.Mizutani & K.Nakamura The Impact of Deregulation of the Planning System on the Ridership Potential of Local Rail Networks: 1979-95; R.Haywood PART IV: FREIGHT INDUSTRY A Comparison of Deregulation in the Road Haulage Markets of the UK, the EU and the USA; M.Browne & J.Allen PART V: AIRLINES The Ownership and Regulation of International Airlines; K.Button Development of Airport Slot Allocation Regulation in the European Community; C.Castles Allocating Airport Slots: A Role for the Market?; D.Starkie Whither Airport Regulation?; S.Condie PART VI: PORTS AND CHANNEL TUNNEL Privatisation and Deregulation in Seaports; A.J.Baird Nostra Culpae : Forecasts and Out-turns of Cross Channel Competition Between the Ferries and the Tunnel; S.Szymanski Index Promotional JULIAN ALLEN Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster ALFRED J. BAIRD Department of Business Studies, Napier University CHRIS BOLT Chief Economic Adviser and Director, Economic Regulation Group, Office of the Rail Regulator MICHAEL BROWNE Professor, Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster ANDREW BURCHELL Director, Strategy and Analysis, Department of Transport KENNETH BUTTON Distinguished Research Professor, George Mason University, USA CHRIS CASTLES Partner, Coopers & Lybrand STUART CONDIE BAA RICHARD DAVIES Senior Consultant, KPMG. Until the end of 1996, Financial Planning Manager, Privatisation, at British Railways Board Headquarters RUSS HAYWOOD School of Urban and Regional Studies, Sheffield Hallam University FUMITOSHI MIZUTANI Associate Professor, School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan KIYOSHI NAKAMURA Professor of Industrial Economics, School of Commerce, Waseda University, Japan CHRIS NASH Institute of Transport Studies, University of Leeds PHILIP O DONNELL Head of Competition and Regulatory Relations, Railtrack MIKE PARR Associate, London Economics AMANDA ROOT Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford MICHAEL SCHABAS Founder Director (non-executive), GB Railways Group, Plc BOB STANNARD Chief Economist, Office of Passenger Rail Franchising DAVID STARKIE Director, Economics Plus Ltd STAFAN SZYMANSKI Imperial College Management School PETER WHITE Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster Details ISBN0333790391 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Series Studies in Regulation Year 2000 ISBN-10 0333790391 ISBN-13 9780333790397 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2000-08-03 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 388.0941 Place of Publication Basingstoke Short Title PRIVATIZATION & DEREGULATION O Edition Description 2000 Language English Media Book Pages 439 AU Release Date 2000-08-03 NZ Release Date 2000-08-03 UK Release Date 2000-08-03 Illustrations VIII, 439 p. 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