Poverty, charity and social welfare in Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries /

"Social policy, as executed in western civilization, is apparently at a crossroads, with "forgotten" contradictions between the rich and the poor having once again become topical. The current economic and social crisis, including the crisis of the welfare state, raises the need to see...

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Group Author: Fejtová, Olga; Hlavačka, Milan; Horčáková, Václava; Knotková, Veronika
Published: Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
Publisher Address: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "Social policy, as executed in western civilization, is apparently at a crossroads, with "forgotten" contradictions between the rich and the poor having once again become topical. The current economic and social crisis, including the crisis of the welfare state, raises the need to seek solutions from the past as well as the present. This volume brings together examples of social practice in the Central European region from the 19th century to the 1950s."--Publisher.
Carrier Form: x, 449 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles, forms ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [439]-447).
ISBN: 9781443898713 (hardback) :
1443898716 (hardback)
9781443844970
1443844977
Index Number: HV238
CLC: D750.7-09
Call Number: D750.7-09/P879