France more liberalized than social democratized?

Bruno Palier (1)

1 CEVIPOF - Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po (Sciences Po, CNRS)

In this paper, I would like to propose a general interpretation of welfare reforms, to be associated with changes in macro-economic policies. One can show that there has been a close linkages between Keynesian macro-economic policies and the welfare state that developed during the Trente glorieuses. The late 1970s and 1980s are years of divorce between the two realms. The 1990s and 2000s are years of attempt for reconciliation. During these, there has been three types of trajectories, (exactly as they were three worlds of Keynesian welfare capitalism). (First paragraph)

Keywords: welfare reforms; macro-economic policies; Keynesian macro-economic policies; Keynesian welfare capitalism

Domains: Political science

Bruno Palier. France more liberalized than social democratized?. 2008. ⟨hal-03459822⟩