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 xi
... political structures and changes . In particular , Pat Thane stresses that social policy must be discussed in close association with analysis of the economy and of economic policy . She also looks briefly at the experience of social ...
... political structures and changes . In particular , Pat Thane stresses that social policy must be discussed in close association with analysis of the economy and of economic policy . She also looks briefly at the experience of social ...
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... political positions for fundamental re - evaluation . It is argued that government social expenditure has grown to a level and in a fashion which is both economically and socially undesirable ; that it excessively distorts the ...
... political positions for fundamental re - evaluation . It is argued that government social expenditure has grown to a level and in a fashion which is both economically and socially undesirable ; that it excessively distorts the ...
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... political economists about the future potential of the productive forces of capitalism , and optimism among later economists and reformers about a future in which the economy was better understood , the population better educated and ...
... political economists about the future potential of the productive forces of capitalism , and optimism among later economists and reformers about a future in which the economy was better understood , the population better educated and ...
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... political effects . Booth's conclusion from his great survey was , reassuringly , that although poverty was severe ... politicians inspired by Gladstone remained convinced that state action posed a danger to individual freedom , and ...
... political effects . Booth's conclusion from his great survey was , reassuringly , that although poverty was severe ... politicians inspired by Gladstone remained convinced that state action posed a danger to individual freedom , and ...
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... political issues , and that organizations were being formed to defend and further their interests . In 1884 both the ... politicians and civil servants . 23 The SDF and others further to the left also argued that capitalism must be ...
... political issues , and that organizations were being formed to defend and further their interests . In 1884 both the ... politicians and civil servants . 23 The SDF and others further to the left also argued that capitalism must be ...
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