Defines subsidiarity, applies it to the context of human spiritual, moral, and material need, and elaborates on the unique ability of private charity to address such needs using local knowledge and resources unavailable and unsuited to public agencies.
Recommended Reading:
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Howard Husock, America’s Trillion-Dollar Housing Mistake: The Failure of American Housing Policy (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2003)
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Jeffrey Sikkenga, ed., Transforming Welfare, The Revival of American Charity (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Acton Institute, 1997)
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Michael D. Tanner, The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society (Washington: Cato, 2003)
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Eric Schansberg, Poor Policy: How Government Harms the Poor (Colorado: Westview Press, 1996)
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Marvin Olasky, The Tragedy of American Compassion (Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, 1992)
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Theodore Dalrymple, Life at the Bottom, The Worldview that Makes the Underclass (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2001)
