Abstract
Consumer demand for private schooling in France contributed to the fall of the Mauroy government in 1984 after attempts to integrate Catholic schools within the public system. While research has focused on the origins of demand for Catholic schools in the academic and social insecurities of the French middle and upper classes, less attention has been paid to the Catholic administration as a provider of schools and a defensive apparatus against state intervention. This paper examines the system‐maintenance functions of the Catholic bureaucracy, especially its relaying of public resources and its filtering out of government and labour union controls.
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