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 13
... Poor Law of 1834 , emphasized individual property rights and self ... poor should be encouraged to work - by coercion or persuasion - as well as about the ... relief to the unemployed , recognizing that sometimes jobs were not to be ...
... Poor Law of 1834 , emphasized individual property rights and self ... poor should be encouraged to work - by coercion or persuasion - as well as about the ... relief to the unemployed , recognizing that sometimes jobs were not to be ...
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... poor themselves began to force these to the surface . In the 1880s there was ... relief to prevent and cure poverty due to unemployment , old age , sickness ... poor , some of the poorest joined the demonstrations . These new ...
... poor themselves began to force these to the surface . In the 1880s there was ... relief to prevent and cure poverty due to unemployment , old age , sickness ... poor , some of the poorest joined the demonstrations . These new ...
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... poor has been underestimated by historians mainly because it left little evidence behind , unlike poor relief which was well recorded because of its official status . Its importance , though , can be reconstructed from memoirs and ...
... poor has been underestimated by historians mainly because it left little evidence behind , unlike poor relief which was well recorded because of its official status . Its importance , though , can be reconstructed from memoirs and ...
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... poor annually . Unfortunately it is impossible to say how much . Charities ... poor by removing them from their environment ; others aimed to change that ... relief funds which attracted large subscriptions . Booth described the large ...
... poor annually . Unfortunately it is impossible to say how much . Charities ... poor by removing them from their environment ; others aimed to change that ... relief funds which attracted large subscriptions . Booth described the large ...
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... poor relief . Not all of those who might be helped were willing to be helped by such means . These difficulties were the source of much of the conflict among philanthropists , between those who preferred to give thorough - going help to ...
... poor relief . Not all of those who might be helped were willing to be helped by such means . These difficulties were the source of much of the conflict among philanthropists , between those who preferred to give thorough - going help to ...
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