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This chapter includes three sections. The first provides a conceptual background for the rest of the book, which mainly focuses on defining privatization and its various possible manifestations. The second provides a political-economic background that places Israeli privatization policies in their concrete—and to a certain degree unique—historical context. The third section provides an overview of the book and its organizing logic.
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Mandelkern, R., Paz-Fuchs, A. (2018). Privatizing Israel: An Introduction. In: Paz-Fuchs, A., Mandelkern, R., Galnoor, I. (eds) The Privatization of Israel. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58261-4_1
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