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. |
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Page 141
... Treasury had disliked the extension of trade boards beyond the sweated industries , in which the Treasury recognized the need for improved wages . They regarded the extension of the system as intruding to an unacceptable degree into the ...
... Treasury had disliked the extension of trade boards beyond the sweated industries , in which the Treasury recognized the need for improved wages . They regarded the extension of the system as intruding to an unacceptable degree into the ...
Page 156
... Treasury policy in the 1920s had the intentional effect of increasing unemployment on the assumption that this was a necessity in the short term in order to achieve long - term prosperity . Throughout the 1920s and with diminishing ...
... Treasury policy in the 1920s had the intentional effect of increasing unemployment on the assumption that this was a necessity in the short term in order to achieve long - term prosperity . Throughout the 1920s and with diminishing ...
Page 240
... Treasury to its traditional role of supervising departmental expenditure . Public and private investment would be supervised by a National Investment Board which would make available low - interest loans to private enterprise . Demand ...
... Treasury to its traditional role of supervising departmental expenditure . Public and private investment would be supervised by a National Investment Board which would make available low - interest loans to private enterprise . Demand ...
Contents
The First World War and after | 119 |
The interwar years | 153 |
The Second World War and after | 211 |
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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