The Evolution of Public Service Provision by the Third Sector in France

Edith Archambault (archamb@univ-paris1.fr)

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Abstract: Public services have been externalised, in part, to the non-profit sector in France and in the United Kingdom. This article begins by reviewing relations between the public and non-profit sector in France before 2008, and its evolution since. This has been characterised by the slow reduction of public funding, the adaptation of non-profit associations and organisations, and their clearer positioning within a wider ‘social and solidarity economy', which was consolidated by a framework Law in 2014. The article then examines the current sharing of responsibilities between the public and non-profit sectors in education, health and social services, pointing to the diverse historical and political conditions which have led to this shared organisation.

Date: 2017-07
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Published in Political Quarterly, 2017, 88 (3), pp.465-472. ⟨10.1111/1467-923X.12393⟩

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DOI: 10.1111/1467-923X.12393

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