The tragedy of American compassion
By: Marvin Olasky ; preface by Charles Murray.
Edition: 1st trade paperback ed.
Publisher: Regnery Gateway; Distributed to the trade by National Book Network
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Washington, D.C; Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: p
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9780895267252
Subjects: Charities -- United States -- History.; Public welfare -- United States -- History.; Social work administration -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-290) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface / Charles Murray; title: Introduction : The current impasse; title: The early American model of compassion; title: Turning cities into countryside; title: First challenge to the charity consensus; title: The Social Darwinist threat; title: Proving Social Darwinism wrong; title: The seven marks of compassion; title: And why not do more?; title: Excitement of a new century; title: Selling new deals, old wineskins; title: Revolution and its heartbreak; title: Questions of the 1970s and the 1980s; title: Putting compassion into practice; title: Applying history