Affluence and the French Worker in the Fourth Republic / / Richard F. Hamilton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Hamilton, Richard F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Center for International Studies, Princeton University ; 5079
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (336 p.)

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 influenced by political activists who provide them with a Communist frame of reference for interpreting the meaning of new affluence.Originally published in 1967.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT -- I. Introduction -- PART ONE: The Workers in French Society -- II. The Fourth Republic Background—The Parties and the Unions -- III. The Position of the Workers: Politics and Issues -- IV. The Position of the Workers: The Economic and Social Condition -- V. Pro-Soviet and Revolutionary Workers -- PART TWO: The Role of Deprivations -- VI. Skill and Politics -- VII. Income and Politics -- VIII. Standard of Living and Politics: Automobiles, Homes, and Luxuries -- I. Unemployment and Job Insecurity -- PART THREE: The Channels of Influence -- X. Factory Life and the Unions -- XI. Size of City, Region, and Religion -- XII. Affluence and the French Workers -- APPENDIX A: THE SURVEYS -- APPENDIX B: A NOTE ON SEX AND POLITICS -- APPENDIX C: REGIONS -- NAME INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX