Alvin, your book looks great, thanks for sharing. Alexander Paterson *Director, Projects and Partnerships* Upstream <http://www.thinkupstream.net/>: Institute for a Healthy Society (c) 204-298-2250 On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:23 AM Alexander Paterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thank you for sharing this, Alvin. > > -Alex. > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 11:17 AM Alvin Finkel <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > >> "Who knew it was possible to write an epic panorama of the welfare >> state?" writes Peter Baldwin in his review of my new book, Compassion: A >> Global History of Social Policy (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) >> >> This is a book that traces social determinants of health and welfare >> throughout human history--but in only 300 pages. It is, as far as I know, >> the only book to pull together all of human history's efforts to care for >> the vulnerable, providing a detailed global overview of welfare from >> 200,000 BCE to the present day. From India to Tanzania, Scandinavia to >> Vietnam, I analyse why different countries and regions have diverged in >> their ways of dealing with inequality and with what results for the health >> and welfare of their populations. The book focuses on the role of social >> struggles in producing (or failing to produce) greater equality and the >> role of gender, race and class in the development of social policy and >> understandings regarding social determinants of health. >> >> I am the author of the most-used survey history of social policy in >> Canada, and while researching and writing that book, observed the lack of >> any comprehensive text on social policy and policy borrowings at a global >> level. Though I had a 40-year scholarly career, I began my adult life as a >> journalist and I think that Compassion is about as free from jargon and >> confusing language as a general history can be. Indeed I honed my writing >> skills as co-author of Canada's best-selling survey Canadian history >> textbooks (pre-Confederation and post-Confederation), now in their seventh >> editions. >> >> >> This recently published review of Compassion in Canadian Dimension >> summarizes what the book is all about. >> >> In solidarity, >> >> Alvin Finkel, >> >> Professor Emeritus, Athabasca University >> >> >> https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/compassion-as-social-policy >> <https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/compassion-as-social-policy> >> Compassion as social policy – Canadian Dimension >> <https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/compassion-as-social-policy> >> Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy is the latest and most >> ambitious work of Canadian historian Alvin Finkel. It is an impressive book >> filled with rich detail and grounded in solid research. It is comprehensive >> and extremely well-organized and well-written. In 306 pages Finkel appears >> to ... >> canadiandimension.com >> >> -- >> To leave, manage or join list: >> https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1 >> >> -- > Best Regards, > > Alexander Paterson > Director, Projects and Partnerships > Upstream: Institute for a Healthy Society > To leave, manage or join list: https://listserv.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=sdoh&A=1