The Foundations of the Welfare StateA fully revised and rewritten second edition of a book which is now regarded as a classic. Takes full advantage of new research and places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy. It retains the excellent historical perspective that makes it unique among its competitors, comparing recent policy changes to pre-1950 welfare policy. |
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... action its ultimate elimination will only be possible when these causes are dealt with as a part of and in relation to , the wider social problem . A major factor predisposing urban and rural families to poverty 10 Changes in Social ...
... action its ultimate elimination will only be possible when these causes are dealt with as a part of and in relation to , the wider social problem . A major factor predisposing urban and rural families to poverty 10 Changes in Social ...
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... action to take the place of self - help , philanthropy and the duty to work , but rather wished to supplement and reinforce these attributes which were regarded as socially and morally desirable . There was pessi- mism among mid ...
... action to take the place of self - help , philanthropy and the duty to work , but rather wished to supplement and reinforce these attributes which were regarded as socially and morally desirable . There was pessi- mism among mid ...
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... action posed a danger to individual freedom , and could rarely assist economic growth or social or moral improvement . It was not ruled out , but must always be argued for and was positively acceptable only to help those perceived as ...
... action posed a danger to individual freedom , and could rarely assist economic growth or social or moral improvement . It was not ruled out , but must always be argued for and was positively acceptable only to help those perceived as ...
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... action to alleviate poverty remained strong to the end of the century , but countervailing pressures were growing . The findings of Booth , Marshall and Green in their differing spheres could lead to different conclusions , and the actions ...
... action to alleviate poverty remained strong to the end of the century , but countervailing pressures were growing . The findings of Booth , Marshall and Green in their differing spheres could lead to different conclusions , and the actions ...
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... action . Concern about social conditions was both expressed in and reinforced by a mass of polemical writing , in newspapers , such as the radical Pall Mall Gazette , in pamphlets , such as Andrew Mearns ' The Bitter Cry of Outcast ...
... action . Concern about social conditions was both expressed in and reinforced by a mass of polemical writing , in newspapers , such as the radical Pall Mall Gazette , in pamphlets , such as Andrew Mearns ' The Bitter Cry of Outcast ...
Contents
Part Two Foundations of the Welfare State | 275 |
Part Three Documents | 295 |
Appendices | 343 |
Select bibliography | 349 |
Index | 352 |
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A. L. Bowley action areas authorities Beatrice Webb benefits Beveridge Board Britain British cent century charity child Committee Conservative contributions countries demand economic effect efficiency Eleanor Rathbone employers established expenditure family allowances fear finance full employment Germany growth guardians health service housing Ibid improved income increased industrial infant introduced Keynes labour movement Labour Party legislation Lloyd George London major maternity ment minimum mothers national health national health service National Insurance old-age pensions outdoor relief owing paid Party planning political Poor Law poor relief population post-war poverty pre-war pressure problem proposals R. H. Tawney reconstruction redistributive reform rent Rowntree scheme schools sickness social policy social services society standards subsidized Thane trade union Treasury unemployed unemployment insurance University Press voluntary hospitals wages wartime welfare William Beveridge women workers workhouse working-class