From State to Market The Transformation of French Business and Government [Hardcover]

From State to Market examines the changing role of the French state in the economy between 1981 and 1995 and its impact on business.In examining the changing role of the French state in the economy between 1981 and 1995 and its impact on business, this text details the governmental policies of nationalization, privatization, deregulation, and European integration.In examining the changing role of the French state in the economy between 1981 and 1995 and its impact on business, this text details the governmental policies of nationalization, privatization, deregulation, and European integration.From State to Market? examines the changing role of the French state in the economy between 1981 and 1995 and its impact on business. Professor Schmidt details the governmental policies of nationalization, privatization, deregulation, and European integration; illuminates the statist policymaking processes through which such policies were formulated and implemented; profiles the players, the administrative and managerial elites who share common state educational background and career track; and describes the changes in economic performance, capital structure, and managerial practice.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'?tat comme ?tat d'esprit; Part V. Modernizing Business: The Changes in Economic Profile and Managlƒ–