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Page 63
... Fear of Labour remained the motive for the promotion of social reform among non - Labour politicians , but equally important were military and economic fears . VOLUNTARY AND SELF HELP Publicly - financed welfare grew at local and ...
... Fear of Labour remained the motive for the promotion of social reform among non - Labour politicians , but equally important were military and economic fears . VOLUNTARY AND SELF HELP Publicly - financed welfare grew at local and ...
Page 173
... fear that unemployment and poverty in Britain would lead to revolutionary upheavals such as had shaken post - war Europe . Realistic or not , these fears were fed by widespread strikes in 1920 and 1921 , notably a bitter coal strike ...
... fear that unemployment and poverty in Britain would lead to revolutionary upheavals such as had shaken post - war Europe . Realistic or not , these fears were fed by widespread strikes in 1920 and 1921 , notably a bitter coal strike ...
Page 338
... Fear is the dominant deterrent which holds back industrialists from taking risks in the Areas ; fear that their very dis- tress makes them unsuitable for the development of industrial activity ; fear of labour unrest and of further ...
... Fear is the dominant deterrent which holds back industrialists from taking risks in the Areas ; fear that their very dis- tress makes them unsuitable for the development of industrial activity ; fear of labour unrest and of further ...
Contents
International comparisons 18701914 | 125 |
The interwar years | 189 |
The Second World War and after | 223 |
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A. L. Bowley areas authorities Beatrice Webb benefits Beveridge Board Britain British cent central charity child Committee Conservative contributions cost demand economic effect efficiency Eleanor Rathbone employers established expenditure family allowances fear finance full employment growth Guardians health service housing improved income increased industrial infant introduced Keynes labour movement Labour party legislation Liberal Lloyd George London major ment minimum national health national health service old-age pensions organizations out-door relief paid party paupers period planning political Poor Law poor relief population post-war poverty pre-war pressure problem proposals R. H. Tawney reconstruction reform rent Report result Rowntree Rowntree's scheme schools sickness social policy social services society standards tion towns trade union Treasury unem unemployed unemployment insurance wages wartime Webbs week welfare William Beveridge women workers workhouse working-class
References to this book
Beyond the Welfare State?: The New Political Economy of Welfare Chris Pierson No preview available - 2006 |