Vivien A. Schmidt

From State to Market?

The Transformation of French Business and Government

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'From State to Market?' is the most comprehensive and insightful account in English of the fascinating tale of two economic policy shifts in France: the expansion of the public sector in the early 1980s under the Socialist government and the program of privatization and deregulation, initiated by the Socialists and extended by their conservative successors, which followed. The book identifies important continuities and dramatic changes for the French state and statist patterns of regulation in other countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 795g
• ISBN-13: 9780521555531
• ISBN-10: 0521555531
• Artikelnr.: 21464763

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Introduction: Modernizing France
Part I. Restating Public Policy: France in Comparative Perspective: 1. Between states and society
2. The statist pattern of policymaking
Part II. Modernizing Government: the Policies Toward Business: 3. Building the dirigiste state
4. From dirigisme to disengagement
5. Dirigiste disengagement
6. Everyday disengagement
Part III. Between Ministry and Industry: the Process of Policymaking: 7. In the ministries
8. Between ministry and industry
Part IV. Elites in Ministries and Industries: the Players in the Policymaking Process: 9. Elites in the ministries and industries
10. Explaining elite dominance: the idea of the state as state of mind, or esprit d'état comme état d'esprit
Part V. Modernizing Business: The Changes in Economic Profile and Management Practice: 11. Revitalizing the economy
12. Restructuring French capitalism: the impact of changes in state ownership and control
13. Reforming managerial practice
Conclusion.