Social Security Mutualism
The Comparative History of Mutual Benefit Societies
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Beschreibung
Despite labour history's flourishing since the 1960s an essential aspect of workers' lives has been virtually overlooked: their constant struggle for protection from threats to their way of life, such as illness, unemployment, disability and old age. Mutual benefit societies have been a major means of social self-defence in this area. The present collection of essays covers new ground by exploring the development of mutual benefit societies in 26 countries across five continents. A number of comparative and international analyses has also been included.
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Marcel van der Linden
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Benefit Comparative History Mutual Mutualism Security Social social history social services Societies welfare well-being
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«Marcel van der Linden and his associates have succeeded in assembling a monumental compilation on mutual benefit societies, a little-studied but quite important aspect of social history...Marcel van der Linden's accomplishment must be applauded...Let us hope that his work inspires historians to pursue the search and to launch their own exploratory expeditions.» (Michael Hanagan, International Review of Social History)
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