The Welfare Family

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This paper takes a look at the development of a welfare state in Guadeloupe and analyzes an article describing this formation by Claudine Attias-Donfut and Nicole Lapierre. It gives a living example of this by also looking at a book by Peggy Orenstein called Schoolgirls - which describes growing up in this society.

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"In their sociological article "The Welfare Family: Three Generations in Guadeloupean Society," Claudine Attias-Donfut and Nicole Lapierre describe the nature of "welfare culture" within the context of Guadeloupe, an island in the French Caribbean. The island of Guadeloupe, named by Christopher Columbus, was characterized by a plantation culture until the abolishment of slavery in 1848. The end of the nineteenth century oversaw a struggle between the white oligarchy and the native population. By 1946, the island had lost its colonial status and became a French administrative zone instead. The 1950's oversaw the development of a social welfare system within the region that is the focus of the article. (Attias-Donfut & Lapierre, pp.329-330)"

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