PHILANTHROPY AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN ROMANIAN URBAN WORLD (1864-1914)  Cover Image

Filantropie şi asistenţă publică în lumea urbană românească (1864-1914)
PHILANTHROPY AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN ROMANIAN URBAN WORLD (1864-1914)

Author(s): Daniel Pavăl
Subject(s): History
Published by: Editura Academiei Române
Keywords: poverty; charity; philanthropy; public assistance

Summary/Abstract: The intensive development of the Romanian towns in the second half of the 19th century was accompanied by a worryingly growth of the urban poverty phenomenon. This situation, which risked to threaten the social balance, determined both the politic factors and the civil society to react as to limit the effects of this calamity. This study identifies the actors involved in this important social activity, analyzing the strategies, the reasons, the legislative and institutional frame as well as the results received from this field.

  • Issue Year: XLVIII/2011
  • Issue No: 48
  • Page Range: 193-206
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Romanian