@article{1484081,
      recid = {1484081},
      author = {Genieys, William, and Darviche, Mohammad-Saïd,},
      title = {Elites, policies and state reconfiguration : transforming  the French welfare regime /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 198 pages) :},
      abstract = {“This is not only a provocative book but also a very  convincing one. Against the dominant current, William  Genieys and Mohammad-Saïd Darviche are showing that the  custodians of the French state are able to protect their  strong institution against any destructive attempt. The  State is not failing in parts, liberalism and the market  are still unable to destroy the strong french state. This  is a crucial finding. Every scholar in comparative  political sociology should read this superb empirical and  theoretical research.” —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 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. 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1484081},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41582-1},
}