Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 476 pages)
ISBN:
9780822974123
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0822974126
Inhalt:
Annotation The welfare state is a pervasive and controversial aspect of contemporary society. Samuel Mencher provides a historical and philosophical background on the growth of welfare policy through its sources, concepts, and specific programs. He covers a period from the English Poor Law of the sixteenth century through contemporary times-viewing changing attitudes toward poverty, new concepts on the nature of man and the influence of scientific thought-and also discusses mercantilism, laissez-faire, utilitarianism, liberalism, socialism, romanticism, social Darwinism, and modern capitalism as major influences on the growth of economic security policy
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-448) and index
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Introduction -- The mercantilist era. The rise of mercantilism -- Economic assistance programs of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- The American colonies during the mercantilist period -- Significance of the mercantilist period -- From mercantilism to laissez-faire. The transition to laissez-faire -- The reform of the poor law -- The American scene -- The era of laissez-faire. The foundations of British policy -- The major ideologies -- British welfare policy -- America in the nineteenth century -- Ideologies: the nature of man and society -- Labor, the poor, and poverty -- American economic security programs -- Toward the welfare state. Introduction -- Social and economic planning -- Goals of social policy -- Economic security policies and measures -- Conclusion.
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Mencher, Samuel, 1918-1967 Poor law to poverty program [Pittsburgh] Univ. of Pittsburgh Press [©1967]
Sprache:
Englisch
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