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9.6 Conclusion on State action
In this chapter we have considered the various arguments which are used to justify the
State having powers of legally enforceable action to intervene in the workings of civil
society. In practice there is not always a one-for-one relationship - certain policies can
be directed at more than one source of market failure or one aspect of equity. Conversely
several different types of adverse impact can occur concurrently, but overcoming them
does not necessarily point to a single course of action. Conflicts can occur. In the field
of public transport for example there may be pressure on governments to safeguard
passengers' interests by maintaining competition between operators whilst at the same
time wanting to protect them from a lack of overall co-ordination. Policy-makers have
to juggle with these disparate and sometimes conflicting concerns as well as with the
different sectional interests represented in the political process.
 
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