Paul V. Dutton

Origins of the French Welfare State (eBook, PDF)

The Struggle for Social Reform in France, 1914-1947

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the first comprehensive analysis of public and private welfare in France available in English, or French, which offers a deeply-researched explanation of how France's welfare state came to be and why the French are so attached to it. The author argues that France simultaneously pursued two different paths toward universal social protection. Family welfare embraced an industrial model in which class distinctions and employer control predominated. By contrast, protection against the risks of illness, disability, maternity, and old age followed a mutual aid model of welfare. The book examines a remarkably broad cast of actors that includes workers' unions, employers, mutual leaders, the parliamentary elite, haut fonctionnaires, doctors, pronatalists, women's organizations - both social Catholic and feminist - and diverse peasant organisations. It also traces foreign influences on French social reform, particularly from Germany's former territories in Alsace-Lorraine and Britain's Beveridge Plan.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511030178
• Artikelnr.: 38192672

Autorenporträt

Paul Dutton is Assistant Professor of European History at Northern Arizona University. He completed his MA at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and his Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego. He has worked as a research analyst for the Center for Research and Education on Strategy and Technology, a public policy institute in Washington DC. Professor Dutton has published articles in the Journal of Modern History, French History, and Global Affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
1. An industrial model of family welfare
2. A mutual model for social insurance
3. Battle for control of social welfare: workers versus employers
4. Challenges from city and countryside, 1930-1939
5. Retrenchment and reform, 1939-1947
Bibliography
Index.