https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/The-French-Social-Welfare-Model-as https://booksandideas.net/The-French-Social-Welfare-Model-as 2011-01-26T09:22:49Z text/html en Antoine Bevort International France labour solidarity precarity pensions redistribution social dialogue <span class="caps">FMSH</span> Netherlands international comparisons <p>For the Dutch, the French social model seems particularly generous. However, no real comparison is possible if the facts are taken out of context. The understanding of the Dutch proverb ‘To live like God in France' changes somewhat when we consider Antoine Bevort's investigation of the differences between social relations in France and in the Netherlands.</p> https://booksandideas.net/China-s-Social-Protection-System https://booksandideas.net/China-s-Social-Protection-System 2010-09-09T08:29:08Z text/html en Nanzhi Wei Society China social security pensions <p>The modernization process China is undergoing has significantly affected the family system and the status of the Chinese elderly. The traditional social structure has been undermined and, as a result, the state's responsibility to ensure the welfare of the elderly has increased. This paper details the reasons for the emergence of the elaborate reform of the social protection system of the elderly that is under way and gives an insight into China's pension system.</p>