Author: Mencher, Samuel.
Title: Poor law to poverty program: economic security policy in Britain and the United States.
Description: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press,1974. Paperback. xx,476p. Index. Condition : fine. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - 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. ISBN 9780822952435.

Keywords: RECHT, law