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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... efficiency of the workforce , of international conflict and competition , of methods of increasing demand in the economy or of increasing central government control over economy and society . Arguments derived from pure economic or ...
... efficiency of the workforce , of international conflict and competition , of methods of increasing demand in the economy or of increasing central government control over economy and society . Arguments derived from pure economic or ...
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... efficiency . " He recognized that such efficient economy and stringency was not reasonably to be expected even from the poorest ; that , even if achieved , an existence at this level was hardly ' decent ' , and that many , even with ...
... efficiency . " He recognized that such efficient economy and stringency was not reasonably to be expected even from the poorest ; that , even if achieved , an existence at this level was hardly ' decent ' , and that many , even with ...
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... efficient . Not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . The birth rate began to fall from the 1870s in all classes but faster among certain professional groups and ...
... efficient . Not only were there more old people , but more of them became unable to support themselves at earlier ages . The birth rate began to fall from the 1870s in all classes but faster among certain professional groups and ...
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... efficient ' classes of worker above them . Alfred Marshall , the leading economist of the last decades of the nineteenth century , provided new tools for analysing the economy . He demonstrated that involuntary unemployment could occur ...
... efficient ' classes of worker above them . Alfred Marshall , the leading economist of the last decades of the nineteenth century , provided new tools for analysing the economy . He demonstrated that involuntary unemployment could occur ...
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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