The Neoliberal Republic: Corporate Lawyers, Statecraft, and the Making of Public-Private France (Corpus Juris: The Humanities in Politics and Law)

By: Antoine Vauchez and Pierre France

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Synopsis: The Neoliberal Republic traces the corrosive effects of the revolving door between public service and private enrichment on the French state and its ability to govern and regulate the private sector. Casting a piercing light on this circulation of influence among corporate lawyers and others in the French power elite, Antoine Vauchez and Pierre France analyze how this dynamic, a feature of all Western democracies, has developed in concert with the rise of neoliberalism over the past three decades. Based on interviews with dozens of public officials in France and a unique biographical database of more than 200 civil-servants-turned-corporate-lawyers, The Neoliberal Republic explores how the always-blurred boundary between public service and private interests has been critically compromised, enabling the transformation of the regulatory state into either an ineffectual bystander or an active collaborator in the privatization of public welfare. The cumulative effect of these developments, the authors reveal, undermines democratic citizenship and the capacity to imagine the public good.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 204 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781501752568
Related ISBNs:: 9781501752575, 9781501752551, 9781501752544
Publisher:: Cornell University Press
Date of Addition:: 01/15/21
Copyrighted By:: Cornell University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Reading Age:: 18 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:: Samuel Moyn
Translator:: Meg Morley