Origins of the French Welfare State - The Struggle for Social Reform in France, 1914-1947

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext A comprehensive analysis of public and private welfare in France 1914 1947. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

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• Authors: Paul V. Dutton, Paul V. (Northern Arizona University) Dutton
• Assisted by: Peter Baldwin (Editor), Christopher Clark (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521813341
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81334-1
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: New Studies in European Histor
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education