| Description |
xi, 193 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Indiana University Center on Philanthropy series in governance |
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IU Center on Philanthropy series in governance.
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| Contents |
I. Delegation to Nonprofits and the Crisis of State Capacity -- II. The Failure of Existing Theory: A Literature Review -- III. The Nonprofit Sector in France: Past and Present -- IV. Laying the Groundwork for Delegation: Three Programs for Reform -- V. Political Struggles over Nonprofits' Roles: 1974-1981 -- VI. A Policy of Delegation and Inclusion: The New Socialist Government in Power -- VII. The New Power of Nonprofits: Poverty Policy Initiatives of the 1980s -- VIII. Nonprofits to the Rescue? |
| Summary |
While most observers have equated privatization with a conservative assault on the welfare state, Claire F. Ullman demonstrates that such was not the case in France. There, delegation to nonprofits was motivated by the desire to increase the state's ability to achieve progressive social goals, including enabling welfare programs to reach more of the disadvantaged. Elites sought to recruit nonprofit organizations as partners not to roll back the state, but to bolster and extend its power. Ullman suggests that the western welfare state's new reliance on nonprofit organizations should be re-evaluated in light of the French case |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-190) and index |
| Subject |
Nonprofit organizations -- France.
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Privatization -- France.
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Social service -- Government policy -- France.
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Welfare state.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009124104
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| LC no. |
98045033 |
| ISBN |
0253335442 (cl : alk. paper) |
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