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Klappentext '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. Zusammenfassung From State to Market examines the changing role of the French state in the economy between 1981 and 1995 and its impact on business. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
