Name: Coping with Destitution: Poverty and Relief in Western Europe (en Inglés)
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Author: Mitchison, Rosalind
ISBN: 9781487581473

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Coping with Destitution: Poverty and Relief in Western Europe (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Rosalind Mitchison

Editorial

University of Toronto Press

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

112

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.7 cm

Peso

0.15 kg.

ISBN13

9781487581473

Categorías

Europa occidental
Pobreza y precariedad
Vivienda y personas sin hogar
Bienestar social y servicios sociales
Historia de europa

Coping with Destitution: Poverty and Relief in Western Europe (en Inglés)

Rosalind Mitchison (Autor) · University of Toronto Press · Tapa Blanda

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Food banks, welfare cheques, and shelters for the homeless are the modern face of a timeless problem. Rosalind Michison explores the historical context of poverty and relief in a study that covers four centuries of European history. During the sixteenth century, authorities (both lay and ecclesiastical) and individuals alike showed a marked concern over the state of the poor in Western Europe. Mitchison analyses the nature of this concern and its possible causes. She then examines relief system as set up in various countries, comparing the approach of Catholic and Protestant states, and assessing what they had achieved by the mid-eighteenth century. Among the issues she discusses are the problems of funding and different possible bases for this, the issue of church or state control of poor relief, and the role of military developments in changing attitudes towards poverty and destitution. The last section of the book concentrates on developments within Britain and Ireland and examines the influence of social theories on the quality of provision. The chapters carry notes containing references to particular studies on various countries. These are supplemented by a further bibliography. In all, this is a thoughtful and timely overview of an important segment of European social history.