01279pab a2200181 454500 180718b2013 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Colley, Linda Katurah Changing patterns of privatization: Ideology, economics necessity, or political opportunism 2013 p.865-875. Oct-Dec This article considers privatization decisions by governments in four Australian states over twenty years of micro-economic reform. It focuses on the policy frameworks and political context for privatizing government enterprises, drawing on Kingdon's framework for policy change to analyze differences in the substance and timing of decisions. In the 1990s, governments considered privatization as an economic and political strategy to resolve the problem of state-level fiscal crises, but the patterns of adoption were variable. Two states resisted the general trend toward privatization, but recently changed their position. We argue that the recent financial crisis provided a window for reintroducing contentious reform initiatives that had lost momentum. - Reproduced. Privatization Head, Brian International Journal of Public Administration N 102536 102534 102534 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 36, Issue no: 12-14 AR102996 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR