Overview
- Examines the history of the French welfare state from the mid-twentieth century
- Identifies correlations between the career paths of policymakers and the development of health policies
- Draws on original sources, including interviews and archival material
Part of the book series: International Series on Public Policy (ISPP)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book examines the history of the French welfare state from the mid-twentieth century to the present day. The French social security system has changed profoundly over the last few decades. The Bismarkian model of governance and social protection inherited from the Second World War has progressively faded away in favor of a reinforcement of the state’s capacity to intervene on policies and the implementation of national health insurance coverage. In order to understand this major transformation, this book draws on rich original sources to offer a historical and sociological perspective on elite policymakers and policy change. In doing so, it identifies correlations between the changing social backgrounds and career paths of elites in charge of social insurance policies since the 1940s, and the development of health policy programs. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, health policy, social studies and French history and politics.
Reviews
—Pierre Birnbaum, Université Paris 1, France
“Genieys and Darviche have written an important book on a crucial area of public policy. It is excellently documented and it relies on considerable empirical data as well as being embedded in theory. It thus constitutes a milestone in French political science.”—Ezra N. Suleiman, Princeton University, USA
“Linking policy studies and political science. How public elites contribute to the survival and modernization of the Welfare State. A major contribution to analysis and theory.”
—Jean-Claude Thoenig, National Center for Scientific Research, France
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
William Genieys is CNRS Research Professor of Politics and Sociology at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, France.
Mohammad Saïd Darviche is Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Elites, Policies and State Reconfiguration
Book Subtitle: Transforming the French Welfare Regime
Authors: William Genieys, Mohammad-Saïd Darviche
Series Title: International Series on Public Policy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41582-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41581-4Published: 10 November 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41584-5Due: 24 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41582-1Published: 09 November 2023
Series ISSN: 2524-7301
Series E-ISSN: 2524-731X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 198
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, Public Health