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DOI : 10.1177/0899764001302003

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Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 130, 2 (2001) 204-230

Historical Roots of the Nonprofit sector in France

Edith Archambault 1

(02/06/2001)

Though deeply rooted in the Middle Ages, as in every European Country, the French nonprofit sector differs in that it was secularized and restricted at the beginning of the 19th century by the centralized state. According to a tradition dating back to the 1789 Revolution, the state had the monopoly of public interest concerns. This tradition gradually lost force in the twentieth century, and nonprofit organizations multiplied during the last three decades in every field of public interest. This trend was encouraged by the central and local governments in a period of decentralization and European integration. Decentralization offers a great opportunity for the French nonprofit sector; conversely, nonprofit organizations provide collective services in an alternative way and can offer an antidote to latent centralization tendencies.

1 :	Modélisation Appliquée, Trajectoires Institutionnelles et Stratégies Socio-Économiques (MATISSE)
	CNRS : UMR8595 – Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne

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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire

Mots-Clés : nonprofit sector – associations – foundations – decentralization – private-public partnership – social policies.

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