Compassion : a global history of social policy
Alvin Finkel
Bok Engelsk 2019
| Omfang | xi, 306 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction : why study social policy as a global phenomenon? -- Sharing versus domination : social policy from 200,000 BCE to the Middle Ages -- Charity and poor laws versus the moral economy, 1000-1850 -- Empire and social policy -- Social insurance and social policy in Europe, 1850-1914 -- Social policy before 1914 in former European colonies -- Social policy in the interwar years -- World War Two and the Cold War, 1939-1980 : the Capitalist world -- The Communist world, 1945-1991 -- The post-Colonial world, 1945-1990 -- Neoliberalism and advanced capitalism -- Post-communism -- Neoliberalism and underdeveloped countries -- Conclusion : compassion through the ages.. - "Throughout history, we find competing notions of who deserves empathy from those in a position to provide assistance. Compassion is the only book to pull together all of human history's efforts to care for the vulnerable, providing a detailed global overview of welfare from 200,000 BCE to the present day. From Russia to Iran, Scandinavia to Vietnam, Alvin Finkel analyses why different countries and regions have diverged in their ways of dealing with inequality and considers the role of gender, race and class in the development of social policy. Comprehensive and ambitious, this is an essential resource for students of History and Sociology with an interest in welfare, social policy and poverty. Unique in its international survey of the history of welfare, it offers a fresh and thought-provoking perspective for those taking courses in world history"--Bokens bakside
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| ISBN | 9781352003062. - 9781352003093
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