European pension systems are increasingly under pressure. In this book Giuliano Bonoli examines policymakers' efforts to cope in the context of public support for existing pension schemes and the implications of an ageing population. The book compares and assesses the process of pension...

The aim of this work is to shed new light on the historical development of the Third Republic French labor movement and to develop a more generic understanding of schism and solidarity in organizations and social movements

This is the first comprehensive analysis of public and private welfare in France available in English or French, which offers a deeply-researched explanation of how France's welfare state came to be and why the French are so attached to it

In the late nineteenth century, controversy over the social ramifications of the emerging consumer marketplace beset the industrialized nations of the West. In France, various commentators expressed concern that rampant commercialization threatened the republican ideal of civic-mindedness as...

Explores the cultural economies of two "non-traditional" commodity trades between Africa and Europe - one anglophone, the other francophone - in order to show not only why they differ but also how both have felt the fall-out of the wealthy world's food scares

Cover -- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD -- Guest editorial -- A history of SEA in France: government, engineers and mathematics -- Adoption of environmental management tools: the dynamic capabilities contributions -- Integrated or non-integrated reports: French listed companies at a crossroads? --...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Cast of Characters -- 1. Storms in the Caribbean Sea and the Life of Lord Londonderry -- 2. The War of the Spanish Succession and the Jacobite Rebellion -- 3. The Diamond Deal -- 4. Learning by Doing: Law and Londonderry Before the Bet -- 5. The Bet of the Bubbles...

Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THEORETICAL LITERATURE AND EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -- III. THEORETICAL MODEL -- IV. DATA SOURCES AND VARIABLE CONSTRUCTION -- V. ESTIMATION METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIXES