Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy
Autor Alvin Finkelen Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 sep 2018
From Russia to Iran, from Scandinavia to Vietnam, this book looks at how social policy has been shaped by global social forces such as capitalism, imperialism and neoliberalism and analyses why different countries and regions diverged in their ways of dealing with inequalities and social needs.
This is a valuable resource for students on history, sociology or social work degrees taking modules or courses on the history of welfare/social policy or global history.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781352003062
ISBN-10: 1352003066
Pagini: 306
Dimensiuni: 154 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1352003066
Pagini: 306
Dimensiuni: 154 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Cuprins
1. Introduction: Why Study Social Policy as a Global Phenomenon?
PART I: SOCIAL POLICY FROM THE DAWN OF HUMANITY TO BISMARCK
2.Sharing versus Domination: Social Policy from 200,000 BCE to the Middle Ages
3. Charity and Poor Laws versus the Moral Economy, 1000-1850
4. Empire and Social Policy
5. Social Insurance and Social Policy in Europe, 1850-1914
6. Social Policy before 1914 in Former European Colonies
PART II: SOCIAL POLICY FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE COLD WAR
7. Social Policy in the Inter-War Years
8. World War Two and the Cold War, 1939-1980: The Capitalist World
9. The Communist World, 1945-1991
10. The Post-Colonial World, 1945-1990
PART III: SOCIAL POLICY IN THE AGE OF NEOLIBERALISM
11. Neoliberalism and Advanced Capitalism
12. Post-Communism
13. Neoliberalism and Underdeveloped Countries
Conclusion: Compassion through the Ages.
PART I: SOCIAL POLICY FROM THE DAWN OF HUMANITY TO BISMARCK
2.Sharing versus Domination: Social Policy from 200,000 BCE to the Middle Ages
3. Charity and Poor Laws versus the Moral Economy, 1000-1850
4. Empire and Social Policy
5. Social Insurance and Social Policy in Europe, 1850-1914
6. Social Policy before 1914 in Former European Colonies
PART II: SOCIAL POLICY FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR TO THE COLD WAR
7. Social Policy in the Inter-War Years
8. World War Two and the Cold War, 1939-1980: The Capitalist World
9. The Communist World, 1945-1991
10. The Post-Colonial World, 1945-1990
PART III: SOCIAL POLICY IN THE AGE OF NEOLIBERALISM
11. Neoliberalism and Advanced Capitalism
12. Post-Communism
13. Neoliberalism and Underdeveloped Countries
Conclusion: Compassion through the Ages.
Recenzii
A book that manages to be simultaneously deep and global, ranging from our hunter-gatherer ancestors to the neo-liberal slash-backs of the 1980s. Who knew it was possible to write an epic panorama of the welfare state?
Alvin Finkel's Compassion provides an ambitious historic review of global welfare provision, exploring the underlying nature of how obligations to others are formed and reformed over time. For students of social policy it is a timely reminder of the importance of compassion and some of the contemporary challenges faced when mobilising this characteristic into future welfare endeavours.
Most books concerning social policy and welfare focus on developments in the Global North and place such within recent local or colonial histories. Finkel provides a refreshing alternative drawing on prehistories and early societies from around the world alongside recognizing traditional accounts. This book is significant and likely to become a classic.
An impressive book filled with rich detail and grounded in solid research. It is comprehensive and extremely well-organized and well-written. Compassion is also an essential resource for those who study history, sociology, political science, social administration, social policy and social work. Moreover, this work will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand more about how and why human beings treat each other the way they do, why we have poverty, why we have wars.
This is much more, in other words, than a history of social policy and welfare states. It's a history of inclusion and exclusion, the unevenness of democratic participation, the often-violent contours of citizenship, and of how we "humanize and dehumanize others" and why. Finkel reminds us that social policy has been and continues to be a vehicle for alleviating poverty, improving lives, and creating justice - but that condescension and domination are just as frequently mobilized in the name of "compassion." These are valuable lessons, and this book is a necessary read, for anyone interested in using social policy to build a better world.
Alvin Finkel's Compassion provides an ambitious historic review of global welfare provision, exploring the underlying nature of how obligations to others are formed and reformed over time. For students of social policy it is a timely reminder of the importance of compassion and some of the contemporary challenges faced when mobilising this characteristic into future welfare endeavours.
Most books concerning social policy and welfare focus on developments in the Global North and place such within recent local or colonial histories. Finkel provides a refreshing alternative drawing on prehistories and early societies from around the world alongside recognizing traditional accounts. This book is significant and likely to become a classic.
An impressive book filled with rich detail and grounded in solid research. It is comprehensive and extremely well-organized and well-written. Compassion is also an essential resource for those who study history, sociology, political science, social administration, social policy and social work. Moreover, this work will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand more about how and why human beings treat each other the way they do, why we have poverty, why we have wars.
This is much more, in other words, than a history of social policy and welfare states. It's a history of inclusion and exclusion, the unevenness of democratic participation, the often-violent contours of citizenship, and of how we "humanize and dehumanize others" and why. Finkel reminds us that social policy has been and continues to be a vehicle for alleviating poverty, improving lives, and creating justice - but that condescension and domination are just as frequently mobilized in the name of "compassion." These are valuable lessons, and this book is a necessary read, for anyone interested in using social policy to build a better world.