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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Page 10
... contribution to the analysis of poverty by pointing out that ' the life of a labourer is marked by five alternating periods of want and comparative plenty ' . He or she was poorest when a child , when the family had most dependants , in ...
... contribution to the analysis of poverty by pointing out that ' the life of a labourer is marked by five alternating periods of want and comparative plenty ' . He or she was poorest when a child , when the family had most dependants , in ...
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... contributed to demands for action to diminish poverty . Some were drawn into active participation in local government - as Poor Law guardians or elected members of School Boards27 - or to demanding the vote as a result of their ...
... contributed to demands for action to diminish poverty . Some were drawn into active participation in local government - as Poor Law guardians or elected members of School Boards27 - or to demanding the vote as a result of their ...
Page 21
... contributions of ld . or 2d . collected weekly among workmates or in working - class neigh- bourhoods , contributed to the funds of voluntary hospitals . Charity was often highly localized : in Newcastle , which had a resident middle ...
... contributions of ld . or 2d . collected weekly among workmates or in working - class neigh- bourhoods , contributed to the funds of voluntary hospitals . Charity was often highly localized : in Newcastle , which had a resident middle ...
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... contributed to the lack of harmony among philanthropists . He achieved for the COS , however , a degree of influence in government circles which was greater than the Society's contribution to philanthropy . Throughout his period of ...
... contributed to the lack of harmony among philanthropists . He achieved for the COS , however , a degree of influence in government circles which was greater than the Society's contribution to philanthropy . Throughout his period of ...
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... contributed to a major housing crisis in all cities and especially in London , Tyneside , Liverpool and Glasgow by the 1880s . A pioneer of philanthropic attempts to solve this crisis was Octavia Hill . For forty years from 1864 she ...
... contributed to a major housing crisis in all cities and especially in London , Tyneside , Liverpool and Glasgow by the 1880s . A pioneer of philanthropic attempts to solve this crisis was Octavia Hill . For forty years from 1864 she ...
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