Social Welfare in Western Society
By: Bernice Neugarten
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9781315129846
Subjects: Social service; History
Description: "Social welfare has a three-thousand-year history in Western society. Th is book off ers a sociological framework that provides conceptual order to the countless details of that history, while highlighting its essentials. Social welfare in all its forms is based on one central concept-help. But there are many versions of help and multiple debates about those versions. Th e outcomes of some debates have led to withholding help, and these outcomes are an inescapable part of this domain, in the past and in the present. Th e major versions, their development, and the debates are carefully examined in this volume."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Part I Introduction --; title: chapter 1 What Is Social Welfare?  -- Gerald Handel; title: chapter 2 Society and Social Welfare  -- Gerald Handel; title: part II Charity and Philanthropy --; title: chapter 3 Religious and Civic Origins  -- Gerald Handel; title: chapter 4 Philanthrophy in a Business Civilization  -- Gerald Handel; title: part III Public Welfare --; title: chapter 5 Emergence of the Concept of Public Welfare  -- Gerald Handel; title: chapter 6 From the New Poor Law to the Present  -- Gerald Handel; title: part IV Social Insurance --; title: chapter 7 European Origins  -- Gerald Handel; title: chapter 8 American Social Insurance  -- Gerald Handel; title: part V Social Service --; title: chapter 9 From Charity to Social Service  -- Gerald Handel; title: chapter 10 Contemporary Social Work  -- Gerald Handel; title: part VI Mutual Aid --; title: chapter 11 Three Concepts of Mutual Aid  -- Gerald Handel; title: part VII Conclusion --; title: chapter 12 Enduring Issues in Social Welfare -- Gerald Handel.