Major thinkers in welfare : contemporary issues in historical perspective /
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...
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Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR :
Policy Press,
2010
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
