Affluence and the French Worker in the Fourth Republic

by Richard F. Hamilton

Book Overview

The basic concern of the author is to find the reason for the persistent leftist character of French working-class politics in a period of rapid industrialization and improving living standards. Reanalyzing material from surveys made by two French organizations, he finds that increased affluence is correlated with changes in social structure that increase radicalism. As rural and small-town workers come into big cities and large plants, they are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691654921
• ISBN13: 9780691654928
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"