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Author Jabbari, Eric, author.

Title Pierre Laroque and the welfare state in postwar France / Eric Jabbari
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 188 pages)
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Solidarism and social insurance -- 2. The law and corporatism -- 3. The crises of the Thirties -- 4. Vichy, the Resistance, and Free France -- 5. The genesis of the Laroque Plan (1944-1945) -- 6. The failure of universalism (1946-1948) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Eric Jabbari examines Pierre Laroque's contribution to the rise of the French welfare state, namely his role as the architect of the social security plan which was adopted by the provisional government in 1945. The conception of the Laroque Plan was a product of his work as a civil servant and social policy expert, and it reflected the diverse combination of influences : his background in administrative law and his onetime support for the corporatist management of industrial relations. These experiences were all the more notable since they were marked by his belief in the necessity of an increased state interventionism which was mitigated by administrative decentralisation. The purpose of social policy, in his mind, was to cultivate social solidarity, a task which could best be achieved if the beneficiaries of this policy could be encouraged to participate in its implementation. These concerns remained central to his conception of the state and society long after he lost his enthusiasm for corporatism, and contributed to the shape of post-war social security
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Laroque, Pierre, 1907-1997.
SUBJECT Laroque, Pierre, 1907-1997 fast
Subject Welfare state -- France -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
Social conditions
Welfare state
SUBJECT France -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87008022
Subject France
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191617201
0191617202