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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... industrial and service employment with average pay and employment levels . He did not prove this typicality , for example , by comparing its industrial structure with those 1870-1900 7.
... industrial and service employment with average pay and employment levels . He did not prove this typicality , for example , by comparing its industrial structure with those 1870-1900 7.
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Pat Thane. for example , by comparing its industrial structure with those of other towns . At this time this would have been difficult ; A.L.Bowley was later to do so.5 Rowntree investigated the city at a time of ' average prosperity ...
Pat Thane. for example , by comparing its industrial structure with those of other towns . At this time this would have been difficult ; A.L.Bowley was later to do so.5 Rowntree investigated the city at a time of ' average prosperity ...
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... industrial capitalism in Britain that the source of the unequal distribution of wealth , income and power lay in the competitive , individualistic nature of the new economic system and the values it perpetuated and strengthened in the ...
... industrial capitalism in Britain that the source of the unequal distribution of wealth , income and power lay in the competitive , individualistic nature of the new economic system and the values it perpetuated and strengthened in the ...
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... industrial movements had , by the end of the century , made ' the social question ' a more central political and intellectual issue than in 1870. In influential circles there was greater knowledge of the nature and extent of certain ...
... industrial movements had , by the end of the century , made ' the social question ' a more central political and intellectual issue than in 1870. In influential circles there was greater knowledge of the nature and extent of certain ...
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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