Series Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 - Privatizing Network Industries -- 2 - Network Utilities in the United States: Sector Reforms without Privatization -- 3 - Privatization in Austria: Some Theoretical Reasons and Performance Measures -- 4 - Privatization in Denmark, 1980-2002 -- 5 - Privatization and Public Ownership in Finland -- 6 - Privatization Experiences in France -- 7 - Privatization of Network Industries in Germany: A Disaggregated Approach -- 8 - Privatization in Italy, 1993-2003: Goals, Institutions, Outcomes, and Outstanding Issues -- 9 - Privatization in Ireland -- 10 - Pragmatic Privatization: The Netherlands, 1982-2002 -- 11 - Privatization Policy in Spain: Stuck between Liberalization and the Protection of Nationals' Interests -- 12 - The United Kingdom's Privatization Experiment: The Passage of Time Permits a Sober Assessment -- Contributors -- Index.