The Origins of the Welfare State: Polish Social Policy in the Period 1918-1939

ISBN-13: 9783631856284 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 208 str.

Ian Upchurch; Edyta Wieclawska; Pawel Grata

Opis

The book focuses on the Polish social policy in the period 1918-1939, its contextual (historical, organisational, conceptual, financial) conditionings, the institutions, and primarily on the practical activities. The subject matter scope of the research covers labour and employment issues, social insurance, social welfare and health care system.

Spis treści

Polish social policy - interwar period - labour law - employment policy - social insurance - social welfare - health care system - conceptual and financial conditioning - labour protection problem areas - The development of social insurance system - employment policy - Public Health Care

O autorze

Pawel Grata is Professor in the University of Rzeszow and Head of the Section of Economic and Social History. He is also Chairman of the Polish Association of Economic History. His scientific interests include economic history, social history, social policy, economic policy and regional history.