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"France is in crisis. In this 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...
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This book is an introduction to contemporary France, providing systematic coverage of culture, society, economy, and politics set in a historical and geographical context. A central theme is the relationship between popular images of France flowing from its cultural, culinary, and linguistic influence, its appeal as a tourist destination, and the influence of its republican and revolutionary heritage, and the often contradictory realities of French...
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The development of the electricity supply industry in France, Britain and the US during the so-called 'Golden Age' is the dominant concern of this book. Chick focuses on security, pricing, investment, forms of ownership and industrial market structure, and the development of the European Coal and Steel Community.
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Many of the geopolitical hot button issues of recent decades trace their roots directly back to decisions made during the 1919 Paris peace talks. Inspired by historian Margaret MacMillan's acclaimed book Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, this program dramatically blends historical reenactments with archival footage and photos to shed light on a long moment in history when the victorious combatants of the Great War - fueled by a combination...
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Study of the historical development of social security and labour policy in France, 1890-1914 - reviews economic conditions, the emergency of the working class and ideologies of social reform; examines the role of the Radical political party in the reform social movement; comments on early labour legislation with regard to accident insurance, old age benefits, hours of work, labour relations, trade union rights, etc.; considers trade union attitudes...
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"This book comprehensively documents developments in pension policy in eleven advanced industrial countries in Western Europe, East Asia and North America." "In order to explore what population ageing means for the sustainability of pension systems, the authors present a detailed review of pension policy making over the past two decades and provide up-to-date analysis of current pension legislation. They examine the factors that can facilitate or...
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In Trust, a sweeping assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the hidden principles that make a good and prosperous society, and his findings strongly challenge the orthodoxies of both left and right. In fact, economic life is pervaded by culture and depends, Fukuyama maintains, on moral bonds of social trust. This is the unspoken, unwritten bond between...
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"The domain of the welfare state has greatly expanded to encompass a large number of developing countries. Social policy in the nascent welfare states has remained little explored and even less understood. This volume makes a valuable contribution to the literature on comparative social policy, with a number of country case-studies on Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America, and five contextual chapters. The contributions reveal that...
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