Convergence from below? The reform of minimum income protection in France and the UK

摘要: Through a systematic comparison of major reforms to minimum income benefits for people working age in France and the UK, this paper assesses scope cross-national convergence growing sector European welfare states. It shows that while differing institutional legacies have shaped precise design new systems been put place on each side Channel recent years, there is also evidence an increasingly common conceptualisation function last safety net its articulation with labour market, despite two countries' still very different political economies. This suggests potential across states “from below” broader understandings role social security provisions regulating economic life.