Private Power and Centralization in France ：The Notaires and the State ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle ：The Notaires and the State

Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library

Author： Suleiman Ezra N.;;;  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400859016

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691022932

Subject： C91 Sociology;C912.4 cultural anthropology, social anthropology;K5 European History

Keyword： 社会学,欧洲史

Language： ENG

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By examining the relationship between the notaires, members of a significant French legal profession with deep roots in French history, and the state, Ezra Suleiman demonstrates that clientelism exists and may be more dangerous in a centralized state than in a decentralized one.

Originally published in 1988.

The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Chapter

Cover

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

Abbreviations

Part 1. The Problem of the State

1. Introduction

The Issue

The Case

2. State Structures and State Power

The State as an Actor

Centralization and State Power

Centralization, Corporatisme, and Change

Theory and Practice

Part 2. The Legacy of History

3. The Eternal Dilemma

Origins of Venality of Offices

Legacy of Venality: The Notaires

The Advantages of Ambiguity

Public Service or Liberal Profession?

Preservation of the Dilemma

4. The Eternal Crisis

Crises in Perspective

Transcendence of the Monopoly

The Right to Choose a Successor

Attempts at Reform

Part 3. Marshaling Forces

5. The Need for Change

Evidence of Failure

Recognition of Dangers

6. The Modernization of the Profession: Changing a Mentality

The Conference Du Plan

Cooperation

Seminars and Ateliers

Solidarity and the Future

Conclusion

7. The Modernization of the Profession: Information and the Computer

The Cridon

The Computer Revolution

8. Organization

The Conseil Supérieur

Unofficial Organizations

Hierarchy and Independence

Transformation into a Profession

Organizational Ethics

Part 4. Policymaking Under Centralization

9. Socialism and the Profession

Between Right and Left

Political Critiques

Economic Considerations

The Politics of Paradox

10. Socialism and the Reform of the Profession

Inflation and Institutional Reform

Droit de présentation

Humerus Clausus

The Tarif

Conclusion

Epilogue

11. The Profession and the State

Notaires and Politics

Multiple State Relations

The Fiction of Tutelle

The Reality of Protection

Tutelle and Clientism

12. The Profession's Bankers

The Caisse Des Dépôts as Banker

Mutual Cooperation and Cooptation

Banking Competition: The CDC and the Crédit Agricole

Serving a Special Client

13. Planning the Future: The Notaires and the Cause des Dépôts

The Search for Markets

The CDC: A State Apart?

The State Undermining the State

Conclusion

Part 5. Conclusion

14. Centralization and the Failure of a Reform

State and Society: A Triangular Relationship

Governmental Strength

Priorities

Contextual Constraints

Mastery of the Bureaucracy

Limiting Publicity on Reform

Policymaking and Centralization

The State and Private Power

Glossary

Index

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