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Charity and Social Democracy An Anglo-American Historical Perspective [electronic resource] /

by Prochaska, Frank.
Material type: materialTypeLabelArticleDescription: pp. 7-20.Subject(s): charity, civil society, social democracyOnline resources: Click here to access full-text article In: Asia Pacific journal of social work and development 2007, Vol. 17, No.1Summary: This paper provides an overview of the history of charity with special reference to Britain and the United States. It focuses on the forces that encouraged charitable work in the past, charity as a form of democratic participation, the shifting relationship of charity to government, and the revival of civil society after the collapse of world socialism in 1989.
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This paper provides an overview of the history of charity with special reference to Britain and the United States. It focuses on the forces that encouraged charitable work in the past, charity as a form of democratic participation, the shifting relationship of charity to government, and the revival of civil society after the collapse of world socialism in 1989.

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