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France in Crisis - Welfare, Inequality, and Globalization since 1980 (Hardcover, New)
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France in Crisis - Welfare, Inequality, and Globalization since 1980 (Hardcover, New)
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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 current malaise.
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