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 74
... cause of deprivation among children and their mothers , marriage break - up , received attention in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1907. This consolidated previous legislation concerning maintenance payments to divorced and separated women ...
... cause of deprivation among children and their mothers , marriage break - up , received attention in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1907. This consolidated previous legislation concerning maintenance payments to divorced and separated women ...
Page 82
... causes of poverty , such as drink , gambling , thriftlessness . The Minority argued that moral lapses were more often the consequence than the cause of poverty and unemployment which had other causes . The investigations sponsored by ...
... causes of poverty , such as drink , gambling , thriftlessness . The Minority argued that moral lapses were more often the consequence than the cause of poverty and unemployment which had other causes . The investigations sponsored by ...
Page 156
... causes of personal deprivation varied between declining and expanding areas and over time . Unemployment itself was a ... cause of poverty . Evaluation of real changes in living standards for the employed was no easier after the war than ...
... causes of personal deprivation varied between declining and expanding areas and over time . Unemployment itself was a ... cause of poverty . Evaluation of real changes in living standards for the employed was no easier after the war than ...
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