Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History / / ed. by Lutz Raphael.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Althammer, Beate,; Gestrich, Andreas,; Groh-Samberg, Olaf,; Kramer, Nicole,; Kuller, Christiane,; Raphael, Lutz,; Rudloff, Wilfried,; Schmidt, Sebastian,; Süß, Winfried,
• HerausgeberIn: Raphael, Lutz,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: New German Historical Perspectives ; 7
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 p.)

For many, the history of German social policy is defined primarily by that nation’s postwar emergence as a model of the European welfare state. As this comprehensive volume demonstrates, however, the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout the modern era. Here, eight leading historians provide essential case studies and syntheses of current research into German welfare, from the Holy Roman Empire to the present day. Along the way, they trace the parallel historical dynamics that have continued to shape German society, including religious diversity, political exclusion and inclusion, and concepts of race and gender.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Poverty and Welfare in Modern German History – Recent Trends and New Perspectives in Current Research -- Chapter 1 The Economy of Love: Welfare and Poor Relief in Catholic Territories of the Holy Roman Empire (1500 to 1800) -- Chapter 2 German Pauper Letters and Petitions for Relief: New Perspectives on Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Poor Relief -- Chapter 3 Vagabonds in the German Empire: Mobility, Unemployment and the Transformation of Social Policies (1870–1914) -- Chapter 4 The Welfare State and Poverty in the Weimar Republic -- Chapter 5 Welfare, Mobilization and the Nazi Society -- Chapter 6 Who Cares? Gender, Poverty and Welfare in West Germany -- Chapter 7 A ‘New Social Question’? Politics, Social Sciences and the Rediscovery of Poverty in Post-boom Western Germany -- Chapter 8 The New Poverty: Trends and Debates in Contemporary Germany -- Index