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Justice and correctness of compensation. Actors and devices of the welfare state in the test of the asbestos scandal

Abstract

In this dissertation I aim to understand how actors affected by a major collective drama, here the asbestos scandal, try to reach agreement on what constitutes a fair compensation of the harms that have been caused. The asbestos scandal has given birth to innovations in the way victims are compensated, through the creation of a Compensation Fund (the Fiva) and the renewal of the procedure of « Faute inexcusable de l’employeur ». These innovations have come to question the traditional compensation system for Work-Related Accidents and Illnesses, which consisted of a lump-sum compensation based on a system of joint management between representatives of trade-unions and employers. The objective is to understand how compensation mechanisms that are created following a public health scandal coexist with mechanisms grounded in the welfare state that were put into place back in 1946, and how these different mechanisms allow the expression of different types of citizenship. In order to respond to these questions, the dissertation describes the normative evaluations expressed by different actors on these compensation mechanisms, as well as the way in which these evaluations confront each other. The dissertation is based mainly on interviews with the involved actors and on ethnographies of local associations, and articulates three analytical levels:The institutional actors that have participated in the creation or renovation of compensation mechanisms of asbestos-related diseases (union and association representatives, lawyers, employer representatives, government agents). The dissertation shows how actors attribute different ends to the compensation mechanisms and evaluate their principles and functioning differently. The thesis brings to light an important divide between union representatives and associations, which it tries to explain. Local associations seek to aid persons in obtaining compensation. The dissertation describes the diversity in the structuration and mode of functioning of these associations, that emanate from different types of communities, and shows the influence of this diversity on the way in which these associations provide aid to victims. Finally, the compensation paths of victims themselves and beneficiaries are analyzed, accentuating the diversity of ways in which they name what is happening to them, in how they express blame, and in how they claim compensation. The dissertation brings to light the influence of persons’ careers and of local associations on the itineraries they pursue.

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