The Social Support System and the Relief Mechanism of the City-States in Ancient Greece
Social relief in ancient Greece mainly relied on a social support system,a public support system,and a city-states relief mechanism.The social support system included family support and social community support.The public support system comprised common land support,voluntary donations,and public charity.The city-states relief mechanism included state salaries and work relief.These elements formed a social relief system anchored in the social support system,underpinned by the public support system,and buttressed by the city-states relief mechanism.Through these mechanisms,ancient Greece,despite not establishing a formal social relief system,was able to address poverty to a certain extent and laid the cultural foundation for poverty governance in Western European societies.
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