Public Policy and Social Issues: Jewish Sources and Perspectives

by Marshall J. Breger

Designing public policies to meet the needs of a diverse society is challenging, and the variety of necessary perspectives are often clouded by competing ideas about social responsibility, personal freedom, religious beliefs, and governmental intervention. Here, prominent Jewish scholars and commentators address various social issues and public policies from a Jewish perspective, using Jewish sources and documents to elucidate responses and propose...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275981657
• ISBN13: 9780275981655
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"