History of Charity And Mutual Aid

During the last twenty years, historians of social policy as well as social scientists have devoted an increasing amount of attention to a mixed economy of welfare and wider social role of the voluntary sector, and in particular, the explanations for cross-national variations in its size and scope in relation to other sectors. This collection examines the relationships between the statutory and voluntary sectors in a variety of national settings, including Britain, the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Canada and Germany during the last two hundred and fifty years. International in perspective, this is the first book to examine the variety of relationships between the statutory and voluntary sectors in Europe and America. an impressive list of contributors come together to investigate the issue of provision and its history in various geographical areas, and to create a book as topical (given recent cutbacks to welfare in the USA) as it is significant.Bridgen, Paul is the author of 'History of Charity And Mutual Aid ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415365598 and ISBN 0415365597.