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Record Nr.

UNINA9910131760803321

Autore

Supiot Alain

Titolo

Grandeur et misère de l'état social / / Alain Supiot

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collège de France, 2013

France : , : Collège de France, , 2013

ISBN

2-7226-0231-8

2-8218-2036-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (64 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Leðcons inaugurales du Colláege de France  Grandeur et misáere de l'âetat social

Soggetti

Welfare state - France

Social legislation - France

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Social Conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

The legal history of the construction of the welfare state gives an idea of its greatness. But this easy-going sovereign, tolerant to protest and accountable for its subjects’ well-being, seems to be struck by misery today. Exposed to systemic financial risks due to the opening of its commercial borders, it is seeing its resources dwindling and its expenses increasing. Fearful doctors are rushing to its bedside. Some are prescribing one bleeding after another, while others are already drawing up its death certificate. What we need is not this lethal medicine, but a precise diagnosis of the welfare state.