State Structures and Clientelism: The French State Versus the ‘Notaires’
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Political Science
- Vol. 17 (3) , 257-279
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400004750
Abstract
The autonomy of a state is thought to depend on the state's structures. This widely accepted view of the policy-making process has given rise to an uncontested assertion: states that possess centralized administrative structures are better able than decentralized states to formulate and implement policies independently of societal pressures.Is a decentralized state more permeable than a centralized one? We seek to answer this question by treating it as a hypothesis. The empirical material derives from a case study of a reform project proposed by the French state and objected to by the group in question, thenotaires.Keywords
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