Divide, Provide and Rule - An Integrative History of Poverty Policy, Social Reform, and Social Policy in Hungary Under the Habsburg Monarchy (Hardcover)

Brings together the analysis of older, mostly local welfare policies (including their legal framings and their change over time) with the history of social policy developed by the state and operated at a national level. Explores also the interaction of various layers of and actors in welfare policy, i.e. of poor relief, social reform policies and the unfolding welfare state over time, including often neglected elements of these policies such as for instance protective policies at the work place, housing policy, child protection, and prostitution policies. Making innovative use of legal, quantitative, and other material, the author describes how policies of inclusion into and exclusion from access to social insurance coverage shaped social relations within and beyond the world of work. The study demonstrates how definitions of what constituted need have served historically to produce divergent visions and treatment of male and female poverty, and how these historical biases have continued to shape and biased the conceptual apparatus of research into the history of welfare and social policies.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	October 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Susan Zimmermann (University Professor of History and Gender Studies)
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	200
ISBN-13:	978-6155053191
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	6155053197
Barcode:	9786155053191

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