Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy

Alvin Finkel

Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
2 October 2018
Pages
306
ISBN
9781352003093

Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy

Alvin Finkel

Compassion traces the ways in which various societies across the globe have responded to the vulnerable among them from early human history to the present. Along the way, Alvin Finkel assesses the impacts of economic developments, colonialism, political arrangements, gender, race, and social class in influencing how different peoples have defined the rights of individuals and communities facing hardship.

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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