"An excellent introduction to issues surrounding the postwar French welfare state."— Archives «An important and groundbreaking book.» —Martin A. Schain, New York University Little noticed by much of the world, France, during the 1960s and 1970s, developed into one of the most generous welfare states in the world. This book describes and explains this spectacular growth, and examines some of the problems that have emerged in its wake. The distinguished contributors to...