Saving the Irish Poor: Charity and the Great Famine
The Great Hunger (An Gorta Mór) was one of the most devastating humanitarian disasters of the nineteenth century. In a period of only five years, Ireland lost approximately one-quarter of her population through a combination of death and emigration.
Christine KINEALY
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Arbeiderpartiet og striden om ugildhetsloven 1932–1935
I årene mellom 1932 og 1935 kunne ikke fattigunderstøttede velges som representanter til kommunestyre eller bystyre. De borgerlige partiene på Stortinget gikk sammen om å vedta endringen i kommunelovgivningen, mens Arbeiderpartiet stemte mot ethvert ...
Trine Berg Kopperud
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«Deres stemmeret vil bli suspendert»
Fattige fikk suspendert sin stemmerett fram til 1919. Grunnlovsbestemmelsen ble innført da menn fikk allmenn stemmerett i 1898, og skapte et vondt skille i arbeiderklassen.
Johanne Bergkvist, Unn Hovdhaugen
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Politiche istituzionali e piani di assistenza ai poveri. Il lavoro come forma di carità nella prima età moderna (XVII-XVIII secolo) [PDF]
As is well known, forced labour was a fixture of almost every poor relief institution that popped up throughout Europe from the late 16th century onwards.
Lorenzo Coccoli
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Modernisation of poor relief in Russia: selecting for the “worthy poor” in Sheremetev’s almshouse (the 1800s) [PDF]
At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the new ideas on poor relief began to find their way into Russia. On the one hand, they were based on the assessment of need, and on the other hand, on the moral qualities of the potential recipient. N.
Maya Lavrinovich
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Assessing the location of relief centers using a combination of multi-criteria decision-making methods and gis (case study: district 18 of tehran) [PDF]
All governments especially those having a high risk of natural disasters must have a comprehensive and implementable plan. In Iran, the placement of relief centers for the injured is usually done experimentally by relief organizations without considering
Davood Darvishi +2 more
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The gendered impact of pandemics on poor women: The case of COVID-19 in South Africa
This article provides a reflection on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effect on poor women in South Africa. The article provides a unique insight into the gendered impact of COVID-19, specifically assessing women in informal ...
Nitasha Ramparsad
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Spitäler und Ernährungssicherheit (food security) in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit
Providing shelter, spiritual support, and food were among the most important functions of medieval and early modern hospitals. To date, historical and ethnological research dealing with the food situation in welfare institutions have mainly focussed on ...
Sarah Pichlkastner
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Aim: To assess the value of bone scintigraphy and 18F-fluorocholine PET/computed tomography (CT) in predicting outcome in patients with prostate cancer and bone metastases treated with 223radium. Materials & methods: Retrospective analysis of 48 patients
Michele Klain +12 more
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Städtische Armenbehörde und Wohltätigkeitsvereine in Göttingen 1870 bis 1914
This paper focuses on poor relief in Göttingen in the late 19th century. It provides insight into the practical cooperation of different actors in a “mixed economy of welfare”. Different actors played an important role in providing help to the poor: the
Jürgen Schallmann
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