Privatisation and Social Spending in the Least Developed African Economies

BrejningJeanette. 2016. Corporate Social Responsibility and the Welfare State: The Historical and Contemporary Role of CSR in the Mixed Economy of Welfare. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, pp. 208, GBP 48.99. ISBN: 9781138255104

“…Concerning the book's key findings, I can't help but think that Brejning might have underestimated the magnitude of the shift that has taken place in advanced welfare states and, by extension, the part that CSR has played in bringing about those shifts. Past studies show that privatization is linked with social welfare (Selvam 2007). There are clear reasons to agree with her assertion that we will not see the “complete supplanting of the public sector by the private sector” (Brejning 2016).…”