Germans on welfare : from Weimar to Hitler / David F. Crew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crew, David F., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Germany--History--20th century.

Public welfare.

Poor--Germany--History--20th century.

Poor.

Germany--Social policy.

Germany.

Germany--Social conditions--1918-1933.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The welfare state was one of the pillars of the Weimar Republic. The Weimar experiment in democracy depended to no small degree upon the welfare system's ability to give German citizens at least a fundamental level of material and mental security in the face of the new risks to which they hadbeen exposed by the effects of the lost war, revolution, and inflation. But the problems of the postwar period meant that, even in its best years, the Weimar welfare state was dangerously overburdened. The onset of the Depression and the growth of mass unemployment after 1929 destroyed republicandemocracy

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Meaning of the German Welfare State; 1 Religion, Socialism, and State Welfare in the Weimar Republic; 2 The Welfare System in the Neighborhoods: Professionals and Volunteers; 3 The Gender of Welfare: Women and Social Work; 4 Becoming a Welfare Client; 5 Pensioners in the Welfare System; 6 Weimar Women on Welfare; 7 The State as Parent? Youth Welfare and German Families; 8 The Weimar Welfare State's Last Crisis, 1929-1933; 9 Hungry and Homeless in the Depression; 10 ""Welfare Is the Preservation of Labor Power"": Unemployment and Work Relief

Conclusion: Toward the Nazi Racial StateNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-511878-2

0-19-536392-2

1-4294-0422-1

1-280-44029-5

1-60129-689-4

OCLC:

935260328