The Neoliberal Republic : Corporate Lawyers, Statecraft, and the Making of Public-Private France

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910554245303321
• Autore: France Pierre <1987->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : CORNELL University Press, , 2021; ©2021
• ISBN: 1-5017-5254-5; 1-5017-5255-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (205 pages)
• Collana: Corpus juris. The humanities in politics and law; Cornell scholarship online
• Disciplina: 320.944
• Soggetti: Conflict of interests - Political aspects - France; Conflict of interests - France; Corporate lawyers - Malpractice - France; Law - Political aspects - France; Political corruption - France; Political ethics - France; Politicians - France - Attitudes; Privatization - France; Public administration - Moral and ethical aspects - France; Public interest - France; Public-private sector cooperation - France; LAW / Legal History; France Politics and government Moral and ethical aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Translated from the French.; Previously issued in print: 2020.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 IN-BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE / The New Lawyering Business -- 2 THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS OF THE NEOLIBERAL STATE -- 3 THE HOLLOWING OUT OF THE PUBLIC INTEREST -- 4 A BLACK HOLE IN DEMOCRACY? -- CONCLUSION / On ; the “Public-ness” of the State -- AFTERWORD / Macron, the Nouveau Monde, and the Crowning of the Public-Private Elite -- APPENDIX 1 / Methodology -- APPENDIX 2 / Glossary -- GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This resource 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, the authors analyse how this dynamic has developed 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 book 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 privatisation of public welfare.