Social welfare philosophy

Author: Ding Jianding
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: This book is a systematic textbook on social welfare thought. Chapter 1 discusses the emergence, formation, and development stages of Western social welfare thought. Chapter 2 explores utopian socialist social welfare thought. Chapter 3 elaborates on liberal social welfare thought centered on classical political economy and utilitarianism. Chapter 4 examines Marxist social welfare thought and Lenin's social welfare thought. Chapter 5 discusses British neoliberalism, collectivism, and the German New Historical School's social welfare thought. Chapter 6 covers Keynesianism, the Swedish School's social welfare thought, and the basic social welfare proposals of the Beveridge Report. Chapter 7 explores the development of social democratic social welfare thought. Chapter 8 addresses neoclassical school social welfare thought and new conservative social welfare thought. Chapter 9 discusses the third-way social welfare thought and the social market economy's social welfare thought in Germany. Chapter 10 examines the evolution and changes in Western welfare economics. The book follows the main schools of social welfare thought as its main thread, paying attention to researching and elaborating on the ideas of key social welfare thinkers and schools from multiple perspectives. When studying and elaborating on the main social welfare thought of a particular school, it emphasizes the systematicity and completeness of the historical development process. In elaborating on the social welfare thought of key social welfare thinkers and schools, it primarily refers to and quotes their classic works on social welfare thought. This book can serve as a textbook for students majoring in social security, social work, and sociology, and can also be used as a reference for educators, researchers, and practitioners in social security, social work, and sociology.