Privatization

industry are calling for total reform of the FAA. At a congressional hearing in March 2015, industry leaders called for privatization of many of the FAA 's current duties (Parker, 2015). A private, possibly non-profit entity could provide more value for dollars spent and not be necessarily hampered by the piecemeal funding under which the FAA currently operates. Privatization ideas include managing Air Traffic Control duties, employees, and facilities into an independent corporation (Halsey,…

operated by private organizations. Within half of a decade, this number increased to more than 100. In 2006, more than 7% of adult prisoners, state and federal, were being held in private correctional facilities (Makarios & Maahs, 2012). Prison privatization emerged…

Space Exploration: Why Privatization is Essential Space Exploration has been a controversial topic since the 1950’s when President Eisenhower approved the first space mission. In the following years, it has become a constant political speaking point on whether the space department really worth the billions of dollars that are spent on it annually or if space exploration is an essential department of the U.S. government. In 2013, the International Space Exploration Coordination Group (ISECG)…

Final Exam 1. The Movie 13th discusses the Prison Industrial Complex. Using this movie and any other class material/discussions, describe the ways in which capitalism, politics, and the American legal framework have worked together to institutionalize racism in our criminal justice and prison systems. The movie 13th is an especially helpful source to answer how capitalism, politics, and the American legal framework have worked together to institutionalize racism in our criminal justice and…

Facts about the Achievement Gap”, author Diane Ravitch shows that privatization in the United States education system is a direct response to the achievement gap between white students and minorities. She is a “researcher of education at New York University” (prologue), and once served “in the U.S. department of education from 1991 to 1993” (prologue). Her personal experience in the field of education has shown that “privatization inevitably means deregulation, greater segregation, and less…

from private prison performance, I am against the privatization of prisons. The rationales supporting contracting out include: cost savings, need for skilled staff, quality improvement, flexibility and political support. Privatizing prisons has resulted in the failure of over half of these rationales. According to an article by Sclar (2000), the assumptions of contracting and the reality, often fall short of each other. In reality, privatization advocacy amounts…

International Fresh Water Problems Water is one of the most precious non-living natural resources on Earth. What is water to humans? Why are people fighting for rights over it? How is water an international problem in today’s society if we have so much of it? Why are there so many social and economic challenges issued around water? This indeed is an issue, yet people are oblivious to what is happening around them. It could be taking place right in their backyard, for all they may know. What…

HKJ started playing during a period of rising public awareness to the effects of economic policy and privatization on welfare and social solidarity. Thus, establishing a fan-owned club by a number of activists manifested, not only a wish to save their team, but also echoed a set of ideas and projects taking shape in the public sphere. Those ideas eventually…

In January 2017 Governor Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas directed the Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Youth Services to run seven of the state’s eight juvenile detention centers. Governor Hutchinson said that his appointing of DHS to take over the juvenile treatment centers would enable his office and the department with a fresh set of eyes and an opportunity to better understand how we could improve current services. The juvenile facilities have been plagued with numerous issues in…

another important note and potential limit of administrational rationalism is are corruption and power influence. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an organization micromanaged by congress that was done so in order to prevent its privatization and potential tampering by presidents. The Reagan administration attempted to dismantle the EPA (Dryzek, 2013, pg. 78-79). This is problematic because in a democratic society, where people have a certain degree of distrust and criticality in…