• ISBN13: 9780521844147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: Cambridge UP
• Publisher Imprint: Cambridge
• Publication Date: January 1, 2004
• Pages: 310
• Original Price: GBP 53.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 608 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Europe / France, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, and Public Policy / Social Policy

Timothy Smith argues that the French economic and social model is imploding on itself despite good intentions. Bad policies and vested interests that exploit the rhetoric of "solidarity" and the specter of globalization have prevented necessary changes from being effected. Making frequent comparisons with the U.S., U.K., Canada, Scandinavia, Germany and the Netherlands, Smith argues that change need not follow the inegalitarian U.S. or British paths in order to lead to a more balanced French society.

Smith, Timothy B.: - Timothy Smith is Associate Professor of History at Queen's University, Ontario where he teaches Modern European history, comparative public policy and the history of globalization. His previous publications include Creating the Welfare State in France, 1880-1940 (2003).