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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820436903321

Autore

George Victor

Titolo

Major thinkers in welfare : contemporary issues in historical perspective / / Vic George [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-4473-0272-9

1-282-63736-3

9786612637360

1-84742-707-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

361

Soggetti

Public welfare - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.