ISBN: 9780822952435 - poor law to poverty program: economic security policy in britain and the united states (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: very good. Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press,1974. Paperback. xx,476p. Index. Condition : fine. - 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. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780822952435. Keywords : RECHT, law.…