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  • Aviation Infrastructure Performance: A Study in Comparative Political Economy
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  • edited by Clifford Winston and Gines de Rus
  • 2008
  • Published by: Brookings Institution Press
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Aviation performance is an important cog in modern globalized economies, which demand flexibility, mobility, efficiency, and dependability. Airport delays have gone from being a nuisance to being a salient public concern, drawing the ire of even the White House. In this important book, international transportation experts compare and contrast how different nations have managed their airports and air traffic control systems and how well they are meeting the needs of their people. The book's cross-national approach encompasses several different institutional arrangements, making it a timely and valuable study in comparative political economy. Among the countries studied, the United States is sometimes seen as a bastion of free markets, at the forefront of airline deregulation, but its airports and air traffic control system are publicly owned and operated. The same is true in continental Europe, for the most part. In contrast, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada are experimenting with privatization, while even mainland China is allowing the private sector to participate in airport ownership. Which methods work best, and under what circumstances? This book provides the answers.

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  1. Cover
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  1. title Page
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. 1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-4
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  1. Part One. The United States and Continental Europe
  1. 2. Delayed! U.S. Aviation Infrastructure Policy at a Crossroads
  2. pp. 7-35
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  1. 3. The European Union: Evolution of Privatization, Regulation, and Slot Reform
  2. pp. 36-62
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  1. Part Two. Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Canada
  1. 4. Airport Policy in Australia and New Zealand: Privatization, Light-Handed Regulation, and Performance
  2. pp. 65-99
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  1. 5. Airport Planning and Regulation in the United Kingdom
  2. pp. 100-135
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  1. 6. Airport Policy in Canada: Limitations of the Not-for-Profit Governance Model
  2. pp. 136-156
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  1. Part Three. China and Developing Countries
  1. 7. Airport Policy and Performance in Mainland China and Hong Kong
  2. pp. 159-192
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  1. 8. Air Transportation Infrastructure in Developing Countries: Privatization and Deregulation
  2. pp. 193-221
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  1. 9. Synthesis and Conclusions
  2. pp. 222-224
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 225-226
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 227-237
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