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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455977203321

Autore

Dutton Paul V.

Titolo

Origins of the French welfare state : the struggle for social reform in France, 1914-1947 / / Paul V. Dutton [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-12571-5

1-280-16335-6

0-511-04547-6

0-511-49701-6

0-521-67356-9

0-511-12042-7

0-511-32555-X

0-511-15738-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 251 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

New studies in European history

Disciplina

361.6/5/0944

Soggetti

Social security - France - History

Public welfare - France - History

Social problems - France - History

Welfare state

France Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

An industrial model of family welfare -- A mutual model for social insurance -- Battle for control of social welfare: workers versus employers -- Parliament acts -- Challenges from city and countryside, 1930-1939 -- Retrenchment and reform, 1939-1947.

Sommario/riassunto

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.