Mobilizing for Welfare in Europe

The Unpolitical Politics of Social Action, 1870s-1990s. a Document Reader
Herausgeber: Downs, Laura Lee; Lampropoulou, Dimitra; Avdela, Efi; Gruziel, Dominika; Berthezène, Clarisse

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Produktbeschreibung

An engaging collection of 20 primary sources that provide insights into different approaches to social welfare from around Europe in the long twentieth century, focusing particularly on marginalized groups.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781350457317
• ISBN-10: 1350457310
• Artikelnr.: 71161728

Autorenporträt

Laura Lee Downs is Directrice d'études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France, and Professor of History at the European University Institute, Italy. Clarisse Berthezène is a Professor of Modern History at the University of Paris, France. Dominika Gruziel is Senior Researcher in the ERC project "Social politics in European borderlands, 1870s-1990s: a comparative and transnational study" at the European University Institute, Italy. Efi Avdela is Professor Emerita of the University of Crete, Greece. Dimitra Lampropoulou is Assistant Professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction
Efi Avdela (University of Crete
Greece.)
Clarisse Bertheze`ne (University of Paris
France)
Laura Lee Downs (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales
France
and European University Institute
Italy).
Dominika Gruziel (European University Institute
Italy
and Dimitra Lampropoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece) 1. The Societies of Saint Vincent de Paul
Province of Posen in the German Empire
at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Dominika Gruziel (European University Institute
Italy) 2. Lydia von Wolfring on Child and Youth Protection
Vienna
Early Twentieth Century
Maria Papathanasiou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece) 3. Women Workers of Home Mission in Lapland
Finland
Early Twentieth Century
Pirjo Markkola (Tampere University
Finland) 4. The 'Dawn'
the First Philanthropic Association of Muslim Women in Sarajevo
1919
Fabio Giomi (L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales
Paris) 5. National Council of Italian Women versus Union of Italian Catholic Women in the 1920s
Anne Cova (Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon
ICS-ULisboa
Portugal) 6. Juana Salas's Plea for Women's Political Involvement in Local Government
Spain
1920s
Inmaculada Blasco Herranz (University of La Laguna
Spain) 7. The National Association For Assistance to Redeemed Italy in Interwar Trieste
Laura Downs (European University Institute
Italy) 8. The Voluntary Association 'Protectors of the Girls' in Zagreb
1930s
Stefano Petrungaro (Universita` Ca' Foscari of Venice
Italy) 9. Mural Art
Municipalities and Social Protection in France
1930s
Elena Rizzi (Università Bocconi
Italy) 10. The Istanbul Tuberculosis League
Turkey
from 1920s to early 1950s
Léa Delmaire (Centre d'histoire de Sciences Po
France) 11. The Nationalist Organization 'Work and Leisure'
France
between 1930 and 1947
Laura Lee Downs (European University Institute
Italy) 12. The British Conservative Party and the Women's Voluntary Services
from 1938 to 1948
Clarisse Berthezène (Univeristé Paris Cité
France) 13. Socio-Political Agents of Welfare and the Reception of ?Social Security'
Italy
between 1943 and 1948
Michele Mioni (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
France) 14. Welfare and Dissemination in the Women's Section of the Falange
Spain
from 1940s to 1960s
Angela Cenarro (Univesity of Zaragoza
Spain) 15. The 'Club of Volunteers'
under the High Protection of her Majesty the Queen
Greece
1950s and 1960s
Efi Avdela (University of Crete
Greece) and Dimitra Lampropoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece) 16. The 'Athens Union of Families of Political Exiles and Prisoners'
Greece
between 1958 and 1967
Dimitra Lampropoulou (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece) 17. A Debate on 'Mental Hygiene' in Postwar Greece
between 1959 and 1962
Despo Kritsotaki (Cermes3 / Academy of Athens
Greece) 18. Child Care
Local Communities and Self-Management in Socialist Yugoslavia
1970s
Ana Kladnik (University of Ljubljana
Slovenia) 19. The Catholic Council for Social Welfare in Ireland
1970s
Carole Holohan (Trinity College Dublin
Republic of Ireland) 20. The Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas: Campaigning on Behalf of Irish Prisoners Abroad
1970s and 1980s
Patricia Kennedy (University College Cork
Republic of Ireland) 21. 'Cherish' and the Support of Single Mothers in Ireland
1970s and 1980s
Lindsey Earner-Byrne (Trinity College Dublin
Republic of Ireland) 22. 'Women in Black'
Belgrade
1990s
Adriana Zaharijevic (University of Belgrade
Serbia) Bibliography Index