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 66
... unemployed . The combination of high unemployment and the unprecedented unwillingness of some at least of the unemployed to accept their fate passively , demonstrated more starkly than before the absence of systematic public provision ...
... unemployed . The combination of high unemployment and the unprecedented unwillingness of some at least of the unemployed to accept their fate passively , demonstrated more starkly than before the absence of systematic public provision ...
Page 162
... unemployed . The story of this provision is a complex one of constant detailed shifts of policy . Its theme was the ... unemployed persons covered by unemployment insurance rose from 691,103 ( 5.8 per cent ) in December 1920 to 1.3 ...
... unemployed . The story of this provision is a complex one of constant detailed shifts of policy . Its theme was the ... unemployed persons covered by unemployment insurance rose from 691,103 ( 5.8 per cent ) in December 1920 to 1.3 ...
Page 173
... unemployed in condition for work should it ever become available and to retrain them for new jobs , the Ministry of ... unemployed . A great deal of voluntary effort was directed towards the unemployed in the 1930s . Settlement Houses ...
... unemployed in condition for work should it ever become available and to retrain them for new jobs , the Ministry of ... unemployed . A great deal of voluntary effort was directed towards the unemployed in the 1930s . Settlement Houses ...
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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