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1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-290) and index. |
| Contents |
The misunderstood French welfare state -- Corporatist welfare states: the residue of the past, or the wave of the future? -- The "treason of the intellectuals": globalization as the big excuse for France's economic and social problems -- France's break with socialism -- Persisting inequalities -- The protected people -- The excluded: immigrants, youth, women -- The French exception -- App. Some major pieces of social legislation, France, 1893-2003. |
| Summary |
"France is in crisis. In this provocative account, Timothy Smith argues that the French economic and social model is collapsing inward on itself, the result of good intentions, bad policies, and vested interests who employ the rhetoric of "solidarity" to prevent change. French social policy is not redistributive; indeed, Smith argues, the majority of "social" spending serves to strengthen existing inequalities. He shows how politicians, intellectuals, and labor leaders have invoked the specter of "globalization" to explain homegrown problems and delay reform. Professor Smith makes frequent comparisons with the USA, the UK, Canada, Scandinavia, Germany, and the Netherlands, and argues that change need not follow the inegalitarian US or British paths but instead can lead to a more equal society. Written in a lively style, this is an unusual blend of history, policy analysis, economics, and political commentary and will be indispensable reading for anyone seeking to understand France's current malaise."--Publisher's description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
France -- Social policy.
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France. |
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Social policy. |
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France -- Social conditions.
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Social conditions. |
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France -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
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France -- Economic conditions.
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Economic conditions. |
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Welfare state -- France.
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Welfare state. |
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Equality -- France.
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Equality. |
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Socialism -- France.
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Socialism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Timothy B. (Timothy Beresford). France in crisis. Cambridge (England) ; New York, N.Y. : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521844142 9780521844147 (DLC) 2004045814 (OCoLC)54803691 |
| ISBN |
9780511617584 (electronic book) |
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0511617585 (electronic book) |
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9780511266195 (electronic book) |
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0511266197 (electronic book) |
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0511263945 |
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9780511263941 |
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0511264771 |
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9780511264771 |
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0511265476 (electronic book) |
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9780511265471 (electronic book) |
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9780521844147 (hardback) |
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0521844142 (hardback) |
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1280750200 |
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9781280750205 |
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0521844142 (Cloth) |
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0521605202 (Paper) |
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