Dualism in the Labor Market : A Response to Uncertainty and Flux. The Case of France

[fre] Dualism in the labor maeket :. A response to uncertainty and flux.. The case of France. . This paper develops an argument about dualism in the French Labour Market. It is a condensed version of a more protracted argument about the origins and nature of duality in industriel economics built upon historical expérience in Italy, France and United States.. The first section develops, in summary form, the argument that a tendency toward duality is inherent in the flux and uncertainty of capitalist economics and in political straggle which thèse engender over who will bear their cost.. The second section uses the evolution of the Italien economy after 1959 as a paradigm, of a society in which the result of that struggle was a dual labour market structure and attemps to develop the case thaï Moi 68 France had analogous results The last section contains some concluding observations Taken togetner the caaes of United States Italy and France suggest that if is muionsi waves of worker militancy which make the inherent tendency toward duality manifest in uniform national pattern Revue économique 19 1) janvier 1978 pp 26-48 [eng] market structure, and attemps to develop the case that Mai 68 in France had analogous result.. The last section contains some concluding observations. Taken together, the 3 cases of United States, Italy and France suggest that it is national waves of worker militancy which make the inherent tendency toward duality manifest in uniform national pattern.