Beschreibung:
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.
Introduction1. In-between the Public and the Private: The New Lawyering Business2. The Public-Private Foundations of the Neoliberal State3. The Hollowing Out of the Public Interest4. A Black Hole in Democracy?Conclusion: On the "Public Spirited-ness" of the State