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Saving Our Children From Poverty
More than one in five American children live below the poverty line, a proportion that exceeds that of any other advanced nation. Although large numbers of Western European children live with single or unemployed parents, or belong to disadvantaged minorities, they are better shielded from severe deprivation by carefully designed public assistance programs. Saving Our Children from Poverty describes one of the most successful European systems of assistance for families, that of France, and through comparison with American programs offers a valuable guide to improving our own safety net for children and reforming our dysfunctional welfare system. Saving Our Children from Poverty details the a...
Contesting Indochina
How does a nation come to terms with losing a warÑespecially an overseas war whose purpose is fervently contested? In the years after the war, how does such a nation construct and reconstruct its identity and values? For the French in Indochina, the stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu ushered in the violent process of decolonization and a fraught reckoning with a colonial past. Contesting Indochina is the first in-depth study of the competing and intertwined narratives of the Indochina War. It analyzes the layers of French remembrance, focusing on state-sponsored commemoration, veteransÕ associations, special-interest groups, intellectuals, films, and heated public disputes. These narratives constitute the ideological battleground for contesting the legacies of colonialism, decolonization, the Cold War, and FranceÕs changing global status.
Working Mothers and the Welfare State
This book explains why countries have adopted different policies for working parents through a comparative historical study of four nations: France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United States.
France in Crisis
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Child Care Policy at the Crossroads
Whether childcare is seen as part of society's educational policy, welfare policy, or employment policy affects not only its form and content but also its public image. The contributors in this volume use current polices for the care of infants and preschool children to analyze debates and track the emergence of new state welfare practices across a variety of social and political configurations-and offer some conclusions about which methods work the best.
IBSS: Political Science: 2004 Vol.52
First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers and librarians in the social sciences worldwide. Key features: * Authority: Rigorous standards are applied to make the IBSS the most authoritative selective bibliography ever produced. Articles and books are selected on merit by some of the world's most expert librarians and academics. * Breadth: Today the IBSS covers over 2000 journals - more than any other comparable resource. The latest monograph publications are also included. * International Coverage: The IBSS reviews scholarship published in over thirty languages, including publications from Eastern Europe and the developing world. * User friendly organization: all non-English titles are word sections. Extensive author, subject and place name indexes are provided in both English and French.
River Warfare in Vietnam
America's entrance into the wars in Vietnam came as a result of several factors. Among them was the necessity of bolstering French influence in the area in the face of mounting communist expansion. This expansion was intensified by the outbreak of the Korean War, making it necessary for the United States to revamp its Southeast Asian policy. During the French era, control of Vietnam's rivers, streams and canals became necessary. This led various factions to develop specialized military units heavily dependent on new types of river craft that could traverse the myriad waterways in Vietnam. The focal point of this study is a new assessment of the conduct of river warfare. Drawing on little-known French, Vietnamese and American sources and materials, it sheds light on an important aspect of the Vietnam War. Chapters also detail numerous aspects of river warfare not generally covered in other books on the subject.
The French Welfare State
During the 1960s and 1970s, while no one was watching, France created one of most generous welfare systems in the world. Political scientists contribute seven essays on such aspects as social insurance, health care, family policy, and housing. An underlying theme is the concept of unity overriding partisan ideology. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Le service social dans l'entreprise
Dans le monde de l'entreprise, un partenaire souvent méconnu : le service social du travail. Pourtant présentes depuis 1917, les assistantes d'entreprise font peu parier d'elles, de leur rôle, de leur identité professionnelle : elles connaissent cependant de profondes mutations de leur fonction, liées aux métamorphoses du monde du travail. Face aux bouleversements technologiques, aux nouveaux modes de gestion des ressources humaines quelles perspectives offrir aux salariés, souvent en perte de repères identitaires ? Comment prendre en compte les résistances aux changements, comment concilier les impératifs économiques et, l'affirmation d'une insertion pour tous ? Les assistants sociaux du travail, confrontés par ailleurs à l'évolution de leur profession, trouveront tout au long de cet ouvrage, des apports pluridisciplinaires sur l'identité au travail, sur l'évolution historique et juridique de leur fonction, sur l'incidence de l'économique dans le monde du travail, autant de réflexions qui ne manqueront pas d'intéresser l'ensemble des travailleurs sociaux, mais aussi les partenaires sociaux et les directions des relations humaines dans les entreprises.
