An end to poverty? : a historical debate
Gareth Stedman Jones (Creator)
"In the 1790s, for the first time, reformers proposed bringing poverty to an end. Inspired by scientific progress, the promise of an international economy, and the revolutions in France and the United States, political thinkers such as Thomas Paine and Antoine-Nicolas Condorcet argued that all citizens could be protected against the hazards of economic insecurity. In An End to Poverty? Gareth Stedman Jones revisits this founding moment in the history of social democracy and examines how it was derailed by conservative as well as leftist thinkers. By tracing the historical evolution of debates concerning poverty, Stedman Jones revives an important, but forgotten strain of progressive thought. He also demonstrates that current discussions about economic issues - downsizing, globalization, and financial regulation - were shaped by the ideological conflicts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries."--Jacket
History
278 p.
9780231137829, 9780231137836, 0231137826, 0231137834
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The French Revolution
The reaction in Britain
The reaction in France
Globalisation : the "proletariat" and the "industrial revolution"
The wealth of Midas
Resolving "the social problem."