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... remained relatively low - paid up to and beyond 1914. The problem of serious under- employment remained , as well as that of seasonal unemployment in many trades . Unemployment was high in 1902-05 , and 1908-10 , always reaching a peak ...
... remained relatively low - paid up to and beyond 1914. The problem of serious under- employment remained , as well as that of seasonal unemployment in many trades . Unemployment was high in 1902-05 , and 1908-10 , always reaching a peak ...
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... 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 national levels but ...
... 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 national levels but ...
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... remained low . The redis- tributive effects were slight . There was strong Conservative and business opposition to wartime commitments to expensive post - war government expenditure which by force of its majority the govern- ment was ...
... remained low . The redis- tributive effects were slight . There was strong Conservative and business opposition to wartime commitments to expensive post - war government expenditure which by force of its majority the govern- ment was ...
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 |