Poor Law to Poverty Program : Economic Security Policy in Britain and the United States
ISBN: 9780822974123
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / University of Pittsburgh Press
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Subjects: Literature; Social Science;

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.

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

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