Origins of the French Welfare State
Subtitle: The Struggle for Social Reform in France, 19141947 (New Studies in European History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780521673563
Subjects: Social issues; Public Policy - Social Policy; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Social security; Politics/International Relations; Social problems; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Economic History; Business & Economics / Economic History; Business & Economics-Economic History; Political Science / Social Services & Welfare; Social security--France--History; History; France; Public welfare
First sentence: On a rainy December morning in 1995 Pierre Laroque gazed out the window of his apartment on Paris' Avenue Victor Hugo and contemplated the snarled traffic below.