Welfare States Other Crisis Explaining the New Partnership Between Nonprofit Organizations & the State in France

"This book provides useful insights into recent changes in the French welfare state and raises a wide range of questions concerning the relationship between the state and civil society in France." --H-STATE Reviews

In a striking new view of privatization and the modern state, this book recounts the involvement of nonprofit organizations in the implementation of socialist policy in France during the 1980s.

Claire F. Ullman received a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University in 1995. She has taught at Barnard College and the Wharton School and has been a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Center for Public Management. Her other publications include "Partners in Reform: Nonprofits and the Welfare State in France," in Walter W. Powell and Elisabeth S. Clemens, eds., Private Action and the Public Good.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Delegation to Nonprofit Organizations and the Crisis of State Capacity

Chapter 2: The Failure of Existing Theory: A Literature Review

Chapter 3: The Nonprofit Sector in France: Past and Present

Chapter 4: Laying the Groundwork for Delegation: Three Programs for Reform

Chapter 5: Political Struggles over Nonprofits' Roles: 1974-1981

Chapter 6: A Policy of Delegation and Inclusion: The New Socialist Government in Power

Chapter 7: The New Power of Nonprofits: Poverty Policy Initiatives of the 1980s

Chapter 8: Nonprofits to the Rescue?

Appendix

Notes

Interviews

References

Index