Ebook: An end to poverty?: a historical debate

In the 1790s, for the first time, reformers proposed bringing poverty to an end. Inspired by scientific progress, the promise of an international economy, and the revolutions in France and the United States, political thinkers such as Thomas Paine and Antoine-Nicolas Condorcet argued that all citizens could be protected against the hazards of economic insecurity. In An End to Poverty? Gareth Stedman Jones revisits this founding moment in the history of social democracy and examines how it was derailed by conservative as well as leftist thinkers. By tracing the historical evolution of deba.;Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. The French Revolution and the Promise of a World Beyond Want; II. The Reaction in Britain; III. The Reaction in France; IV. Globalisation: the 'Proletariat' and the 'Industrial Revolution'; V. The Wealth of Midas; VI. Resolving 'The Social Problem'; Conclusion; Notes; Index.