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Inspired by a visit to England, Alexis de Tocqueville composed a Memoir on Pauperism in an effort to understand why the most impoverished countries of Europe in his time had the fewest paupers while the most opulent country, England, had the most. It was England's public charity, he found, that had produced a pauper class. This charity had been made possible by a successful economy, but good intentions had produced unforeseen and unfortunate consequences.
By removing the necessity for work, Tocqueville argued, public charity bred other miseries - "an idle and lazy class.... If you closely observe the condition of populations among whom such legislation has long been in force, you will easily discover that the effects are not less unfortunate for morality than for public prosperity, and that it depraves men even more than it impoverishes them.".
This cogent Memoir on Pauperism is a telling reminder of Tocqueville's political perception and a notable contribution to the idea of civil society. It is here in book form for the first time.
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Poor, Public welfare, History, Poor laws, Charities, World - General, Sociology, History: World, Poverty, Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare, Political Science-Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare, Social Science / Poverty, England, Social conditions, Public welfare, great britain, Charities, great britain, Public welfare--great britain, Poor laws--great britain, Charities--great britain, Hv245 .t6313 1997, 362.5/0961Places
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Memoir on Pauperism: Does Public Charity Produce an Idle and Dependent Class of Society?
February 1, 2006, Cosimo Classics
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Democracia y pobreza: Memorias sobre el pauperismo
February 28, 2003, Trotta
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Memoir on Pauperism
May 2000, Civitas:Institute for the Study of Civil Society
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Memoir on Pauperism
May 1997, Institute of Economic Affairs
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Memoir on Pauperism
January 1, 1990, Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
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