Revival: Society in the Making: Hungarian Social and Societal Policy, 1945-75 (1979): Hungarian Social and Societal Policy, 1945-75 by Zsuzsa Ferge (Paperback, 2019)
This important book is the product of a remarkable experience. A sociologist domiciled in Hungary, the author has intermittently taught and studied in France, Britain and the United States. Few social scientists of the post-Second World War generation have had this range of experience. And, as we know from the history of theoretical physics, psychoanalysis, economic and other fields, Hungary is the incubator of great talents. A Society in the Making can be read on three levels: as a study of Hungarian social structure, as a case-study in comparative social policy, or as a contribution to the theory of social policy. As a study of Hungary, the author's book is one of the small but growing number of analyses of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union which avoid denunciamentos and apologetics. It is a sympathetically critical account (as she says 'In social science, there is no neutral act') from which much can be learned.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-13
9781138045088
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9046575014
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Revival: Society in the Making: Hungarian Social and Societal Policy, 1945-75 (1979): Hungarian Social and Societal Policy, 1945-75
Publication Year
2019
Subject
Sociology
Type
Textbook
Author
Zsuzsa Ferge
Series
Routledge Revivals
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Weight
454 g
Item Width
138 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
Title_Author
Zsuzsa Ferge
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