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John Ernst, Who’s Utility: The Social Impact of Public Utility Privatisation and Regulation in Britain, Open University Press, Buckingham, 1994, x + 225pp. RRP $49.95, and - Stephen King and Rodney Maddock, Unlocking the Infrastructure: The Reform of Public Utilities in Australia, Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1996, vii + 190pp. RRP $29.95.

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John Ernst, Who’s Utility: The Social Impact of Public Utility Privatisation and Regulation in Britain , Open University Press, Buckingham, 1994, x + 225pp. RRP $49.95, and

Stephen King and Rodney Maddock, Unlocking the Infrastructure: The Reform of Public Utilities in Australia , Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 1996, vii + 190pp. RRP $29.95.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Michael Johnson*
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School of Social Science and Policy, The University of New South Wales
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