Poor Law to Poverty Program: Economic Security Policy in Britain and the United States

By Samuel Mencher

The welfare state is a pervasive and controversial aspect of contemporary society. Samuel Mencher provides a historical and philosophical background on the growth of welfare policy through its sources, concepts, and specific programs. He covers a period from the English Poor Law of the sixteenth century through contemporary times-viewing changing attitudes toward poverty, new concepts on the nature of man and the influence of scientific thought-and also discusses mercantilism, laissez-faire, utilitarianism, liberalism, socialism, romanticism, social Darwinism, and modern capitalism as major influences on the growth of economic security policy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822952432
• ISBN13: 9780822952435
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"