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Autore |
George Victor |
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Titolo |
Major thinkers in welfare : contemporary issues in historical perspective / / Vic George [[electronic resource]] |
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2010 |
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1-4473-0272-9 |
1-282-63736-3 |
9786612637360 |
1-84742-707-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Classical Athens -- The Graeco-Roman world -- Early Christianity -- The Renaissance -- The Reformation -- Absolutism -- Liberalism -- Early feminism -- A welfare society -- The market, laissez-faire and welfare -- Democracy and welfare -- Classical Marxism and welfare -- Positive freedom and state welfare. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Focusing on a range of welfare issues this book examines the views, values and perceptions of a number of theorists from ancient times to the nineteenth century, including Plato, St Aquinas, Hobbes, Wollstonecraft and Marx. |
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