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

Edith Archambault (1)

1 CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne

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.

Domaines: Economies et finances

Edith Archambault. The Evolution of Public Service Provision by the Third Sector in France. Political Quarterly, 2017, 88 (3), pp.465-472. ⟨10.1111/1467-923X.12393⟩. ⟨halshs-01598959⟩