The System of Social Care in 19th Century Bratislava and its Modernization around 1900 Cover Image

Systém sociálnej starostlivosti v Bratislave v 19. storočí a jeho modernizácia na prelome 19. a 20. storočia
The System of Social Care in 19th Century Bratislava and its Modernization around 1900

Author(s): Gabriela Dudeková Kováčová
Subject(s): History
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: Communal social care; Social policy; Modernization; Kingdom of Hungary; Long 19th century

Summary/Abstract: The study describes the main principles and stages of modernization in the long 19th century in the Kingdom of Hungary on both the state and local levels using the example of Pressburg / Bratislava. Since the reforms of Joseph II directed towards centralization of care for the poor in the Kingdom of Hungary were not implemented, care for poor and socially dependent people in the towns of Hungary was mainly the responsibility of municipal, church and charitable institutions. Until the fall of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Kingdom of Hungary devoted little attention to care for the poor, and state social policy had only weak effects. In comparison with other towns in Hungary, Pressburg / Bratislava had a mature network of communal and church institutions for social care, which were incorporated into an emerging system of communal social policy around 1900

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 225-252
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Slovak