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Autore: | George Victor |
Titolo: | Major thinkers in welfare : Contemporary issues in historical perspective / / Vic George |
Pubblicazione: | Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2010 |
©2010 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina: | 330.9 |
Soggetto topico: | Public welfare |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare | |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Economic History | |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Economic Conditions | |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Economics - Comparative | |
POLITICAL SCIENCE - Economic Conditions | |
Public welfare - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | History |
Electronic books. | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-265) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | MAJOR THINKERS IN WELFARE; Contents; Introduction; 1. Classical Athens; 2. The Graeco-Roman world; 3. Early Christianity; 4. The Renaissance; The Reformation; 5. Absolutism; Liberalism; 6. Early feminism; 7. A welfare society; 8. The market, laissez-faire and welfare; 9. Democracy and welfare; 10. Classical Marxism and welfare; 11. Positive freedom and state welfare; Bibliography; Index. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This is the first book to examine the views of a number of theorists from ancient times to the 19th century on a range of welfare issues: wealth, poverty and inequality; slavery, gender issues, and the family; child rearing and education; crime and punishment; the role of government in society; the strengths and weaknesses of government provision vis-à-vis market provision. The book also looks at the values of the various theorists as well as their perception of human nature for these tend to underpin their welfare views. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Major thinkers in welfare |
ISBN: | 1-4473-0272-9 |
1-282-63736-3 | |
9786612637360 | |
1-84742-707-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910459197003321 |
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