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France in crisis : = welfare, inequality, and globalization since 1980 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	France in crisis :/ Timothy B. Smith.
Reminder of title:	welfare, inequality, and globalization since 1980 /
Author:	Smith, Timothy B.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) :digital, PDF file(s). :
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
Subject:	Welfare state - France. -
Subject:	France - Foreign relations - Germany. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511617584
ISBN:	9780511617584 (ebook)

France in crisis : = welfare, inequality, and globalization since 1980 /
Smith, Timothy B.

France in crisis :welfare, inequality, and globalization since 1980 /Timothy B. Smith. - 1 online resource (xi, 296 pages) :digital, PDF file(s).

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

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, 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 malaise.

ISBN: 9780511617584 (ebook)Subjects--Topical Terms:

802118
Welfare state
--France.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

792971
France
--Foreign relations--Germany.

LC Class. No.: HN425.5 / .S58 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 361.6/1/0944

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