Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy - 9781352003093

Throughout history, we find competing notions of who deserves empathy from those in a position to provide assistance. Compassion is the only book to pull together all of human history's efforts to care for the vulnerable, providing a detailed global overview of welfare from 200,000 BCE to the present day. From Russia to Iran, Scandinavia to Vietnam, Alvin Finkel analyses why different countries and regions have diverged in their ways of dealing with inequality and considers the role of gender, race and class in the development of social policy. Comprehensive and ambitious, this is an essential resource for students of History and Sociology with an interest in welfare, social policy and poverty. Unique in its international survey of the history of welfare, it offers a fresh and thought-provoking perspective for those taking courses in world history--Back cover.

• | Author: Alvin Finkel
• | Publisher: Red Globe Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 28, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 306 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/History
• | ISBN-10: 1352003090
• | ISBN-13: 9781352003093