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Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (250 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773570436
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940DDC classification:
  • 361.6/5/094409041
LOC classification:
  • HV265 .S595 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The French Social Service Landscape Prior to World War I: Localism vs. Centralization -- 3 The Crucible of War -- 4 Building Mini-Welfare States, 1920-1940 -- 5 The Decline of Traditional Charitable Medicine, the Emergence of Limited National Health Insurance -- 6 Unemployment Policy, 1914-1940: From the Local to the National -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: In Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940 Timothy Smith argues that although post-World War II politicians have attempted to take credit for the creation of welfare state, the social reform movement in France actually grew out of World War I. Smith shows that French social spending before World War II was well above the European average and demonstrates that the present welfare state is based on a structure that already existed but was expanded and consolidated with great political fanfare during the 1940s.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The French Social Service Landscape Prior to World War I: Localism vs. Centralization -- 3 The Crucible of War -- 4 Building Mini-Welfare States, 1920-1940 -- 5 The Decline of Traditional Charitable Medicine, the Emergence of Limited National Health Insurance -- 6 Unemployment Policy, 1914-1940: From the Local to the National -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

In Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940 Timothy Smith argues that although post-World War II politicians have attempted to take credit for the creation of welfare state, the social reform movement in France actually grew out of World War I. Smith shows that French social spending before World War II was well above the European average and demonstrates that the present welfare state is based on a structure that already existed but was expanded and consolidated with great political fanfare during the 1940s.

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