Pierre Laroque and the Welfare State in Postwar France

Eric Jabbari examines Pierre Laroque''s contribution to the rise of the French welfare state, namely his role as the architect of the social security plan which was adopted by the provisional government in 1945. The conception of the Laroque Plan was a product of his work as a civil servant and social policy expert, and it reflected the diverse combination of influences: his background in administ...