Origins of the French Welfare State: The Struggle for Social Reform in France, 1914-1947

Table of contents

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• New Studies in European History *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Figures viii
• Tables ix
• Acknowledgments x
• Abbreviations xii
• Introduction 1
• 1 - An Industrial Model of Family Welfare 14
• 2 - A Mutual Model for Social Insurance 38
• 3 - Battle for Control of Social Welfare: Workers Versus Employers 66
• 4 - Parliament Acts 97
• 5 - Challenges from City and Countryside, 1930–1939 137
• 6 - Retrenchment and Reform, 1939–1947 184
• Conclusion 220
• Bibliography 226

• New Studies in European History *
• Title Page *
• Contents vii
• Figures viii
• Tables ix
• Acknowledgments x
• Abbreviations xii
• Introduction 1
• 1 - An Industrial Model of Family Welfare 14
• 2 - A Mutual Model for Social Insurance 38
• 3 - Battle for Control of Social Welfare: Workers Versus Employers 66
• 4 - Parliament Acts 97
• 5 - Challenges from City and Countryside, 1930–1939 137
• 6 - Retrenchment and Reform, 1939–1947 184
• Conclusion 220
• Bibliography 226
• Index 246