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

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 4
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Figures......Page 10
Tables......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 17
THE INDUSTRIAL AND MUTUAL MODELS AND THEIR CONTEXT......Page 21
AIM AND ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK......Page 26
1 An industrial model of family welfare......Page 30
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION, METALS EMPLOYERS, AND THE SALAIRE VITAL......Page 31
POSTWAR CONDITIONS AND THE INSTITUTION OF FAMILY ALLOWANCES......Page 35
FOUNDATION OF THE CAISSE DE COMPENSATION DE LARÉGION PARISIENNE......Page 41
EMPLOYERS CREATE A NATIONAL FAMILY ALLOWANCE LOBBY......Page 46
CONCLUSION......Page 52
2 A mutual model for social insurance......Page 54
MUTUAL AID: A FRENCH TRADITION......Page 55
PARLIAMENT’S FIRST ATTEMPT AT SOCIAL INSURANCE: THE VINCENT BILL......Page 62
MUTUALISM AND THE BATTLE OVER REVISION OF THE VINCENT BILL......Page 69
DISSENT AND TRANSFORMATION AT THE FNMF......Page 73
GRINDA OFFERS CONCESSIONS TO PRONATALISTS AND EMPLOYERS......Page 78
CONCLUSION......Page 80
3 Battle for control of social welfare: workers versus employers......Page 82
WORKERS, WAGES, AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES......Page 83
SOCIAL INSURANCE: PROPONENTS AND OPPONENTS......Page 91
EMPLOYERS, WELFARE, AND SOCIAL INSURANCE......Page 95
EMPLOYERS AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN ALSACE-LORRAINE......Page 106
CONCLUSION......Page 111
4 Parliament acts......Page 113
THE 1928 AND 1930 SOCIAL INSURANCE LAWS......Page 115
IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL INSURANCE......Page 123
ATTEMPTS TO REVISE SOCIAL INSURANCE, 1930–1936......Page 126
FAMILY ALLOWANCE LEGISLATION: THE CONTEXT......Page 134
THE LANDRY CLAN AND FAMILY ALLOWANCE LEGISLATION......Page 138
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW ON FAMILY ALLOWANCES......Page 142
FEMINISTS AND SOCIAL REFORM LEGISLATION......Page 146
CONCLUSION......Page 151
5 Challenges from city and countryside, 1930–1939......Page 153
SOCIAL INSURANCE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE......Page 154
THE POPULAR FRONT AND FAMILY ALLOWANCES IN THE CITY, 1936–1938......Page 161
STATE INTERVENTION AFTER THE POPULAR FRONT......Page 168
FAMILY WELFARE FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE......Page 175
FAMILY ALLOWANCES IN AVEYRON, MEUSE, AND EURE-ET-LOIR......Page 177
THE BATTLE OVER FAMILY WELFARE IN AGRICULTURE......Page 185
THE CODE DE LA FAMILLE OF 1939......Page 194
CONCLUSION......Page 198
6 Retrenchment and reform, 1939–1947......Page 200
FAMILY WELFARE: THE DEBATE OVER NATIONAL BURDEN SHARING......Page 201
VICHY SOCIAL INSURANCE INITIATIVES AND THE FNMF......Page 205
RURAL FAMILY WELFARE UNDER VICHY......Page 213
PLANNING FOR LA SÉCURITÉ SOCIALE......Page 218
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC RECASTS SOCIAL WELFARE......Page 224
Conclusion......Page 236
MANUSCRIPT SOURCES......Page 242
INTERVIEWS......Page 243
PUBLISHED MEETING RECORDS, NEWSPAPERS, AND JOURNALS......Page 244
CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTS, SPEECHES, AND PAMPHLETS......Page 246
BOOKS AND ARTICLES......Page 252
Index......Page 262