VIII. Standard of Living and Politics: Automobiles, Homes, and Luxuries

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS USED IN TEXT 1
5. I. Introduction 3
6. PART ONE: The Workers in French Society
7. II. The Fourth Republic Background—The Parties and the Unions 19
8. III. The Position of the Workers: Politics and Issues 40
9. IV. The Position of the Workers: The Economic and Social Condition 68
10. V. Pro-Soviet and Revolutionary Workers 103
11. PART TWO: The Role of Deprivations
12. VI. Skill and Politics 121
13. VII. Income and Politics 135
14. VIII. Standard of Living and Politics: Automobiles, Homes, and Luxuries 158
15. I. Unemployment and Job Insecurity 186
16. PART THREE: The Channels of Influence
17. X. Factory Life and the Unions 205
18. XI. Size of City, Region, and Religion 245
19. XII. Affluence and the French Workers 275
20. APPENDIX A: THE SURVEYS 299
21. APPENDIX B: A NOTE ON SEX AND POLITICS 311
22. APPENDIX C: REGIONS 315
23. NAME INDEX 317
24. SUBJECT INDEX 321