Compassion : a global history of social policy /: a global history of social policy. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alvin Finkel.
• Authors: Finkel, Alvin, 1949-
• Contents: Introduction : why study social policy as a global phenomenon? -- Sharing versus domination : social policy from 200, 000 BCE to the Middle Ages -- Charity and poor laws versus the moral economy, 1000-1850 -- Empire and social policy -- Social insurance and social policy in Europe, 1850-1914 -- Social policy before 1914 in former European colonies -- Social policy in the interwar years -- World War Two and the Cold War, 1939-1980 : the Capitalist world -- The Communist world, 1945-1991 -- The post-Colonial world, 1945-1990 -- Neoliberalism and advanced capitalism -- Post-communism -- Neoliberalism and underdeveloped countries -- Conclusion : compassion through the ages.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (306 pages)
• Subjects: 361.61; Social policy -- History; Social policy; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781352003079
• Related ISBNs: 9781352003062
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.