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This is the first book to examine the views of a number of theorists from ancient times to the 19th century on a range of welfare issues: wealth, poverty and inequality; slavery, gender issues, and the family; child rearing and education; crime and punishment; the role of government in society; the strengths and weaknesses of government provision vis a vis market provision. The book also looks at the values of the various theorists as well as their perception of human nature for these tend to underpin their welfare views. The book will make essential reading for students of social policy, gender issues, community care, social work, and sociology.
Price: $127.95
Pages: 288
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Publication Date:
09 April 2010
ISBN: 9781847427069
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Welfare and benefit systems, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
"This is a very good book indeed ... Above all, it is clear, detailed and interesting, excellently free from jargon and convoluted prose, and a pleasure to read." Journal of Social Policy
Vic George (1930-2017) was Emeritus Professor in Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Kent, Canterbury. He previously worked at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the University of Nottingham. He authored and edited 18 books written around the themes of inequality and poverty, several of which have been translated into other languages.
Introduction; Classical Athens: Plato and Aristotle; The Graeco-Roman world: Epicurus, Zeno, Cicero, Seneca and Aurelius; Early Christianity: St Augustine, St Francis of Assisi and St Aquinas; The Renaissance: Desidarius Erasmus and Thomas More; The Reformation: Martin Luther and Jean Calvin; Absolutism: Thomas Hobbes; Liberalism: John Locke; Early feminism: Mary Astell, Sophia, and Mary Wollstonecraft; A welfare society: Jean-Jacques Rousseau; The market, laissez-faire and welfare: Adam Smith; Democracy and welfare: Thomas Paine; Classical Marxism and welfare: Karl Marx and Frederick Engels; Positive freedom and state welfare: T.H. Green.