The Political Future of Privatization

The forecasting of events in our existential world is fraught with unanticipated events and actors. Privatization and its important subset, the purchase of services (POS), is no less subject to the vagaries of our times. Yet there are some identifiable activities, even some trends, that may help to provide some insight into the next decade or so. In this final chapter, some of those factors that may influence the use or nonuse of purchase of services as a means to realize privatization goals are discussed. This chapter begins with a brief overview of the broad trends and issues in privatization.