The Logic of Charity: Amsterdam, 1800-1850 - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kenneth A. LoparoSeries:Amsterdam, 1800-1850Theme:Chronological Period/ModernPublish date:4/7/2000Pages:242
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780333696033ISBN-10:0333696034UPC:9780333696033Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Europe, ModernBook Topic:Social Services & WelfareSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SCB44DRD12
This study analyses poor relief in preindustrial Europe from 1800 to 1850, as a survival strategy of the poor and as a control strategy of the elites. It deals with poverty and the problems of the poor, but also with wealth and the concerns of the elites and of the middle classes. A simple model of poor relief is presented, based on insights derived from history, sociology and welfare economics. It is tested against the historical records of Amsterdam from 1800 to 1850. The study brings out some of the perennial problems of social policy, past and present, as well as some aspects of Old Regime charity, now vanished.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9780333696033ISBN-10:0333696034UPC:9780333696033Book Category:Political Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Europe, ModernBook Topic:Social Services & WelfareSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.75 inchesWeight:0.477Product ID:SCB44DRD12
MARCO H. D. VAN LEEUWEN'S chosen field is the study of social inequality in Europe from 1500 to the present. His publications include papers on poor relief (Journal of Interdisciplinary History and Social History), on trade-union welfare (Economic History Review) and on social mobility (Journal of Social History and Continuity and Change).
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
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2000 Edition
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