Poor Law to Poverty Program: Economic Security Policy in Britain and the United States - Couverture souple

Mencher, Samuel

 
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Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Samuel Mencher was professor of social welfare at the University of Pittsburgh.

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