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 119
... women . Women were employed in large numbers in the highly dangerous process of making explosives and in the face of much male opposition , and to a lesser extent than is often believed in manual occupations pre- viously exclusively ...
... women . Women were employed in large numbers in the highly dangerous process of making explosives and in the face of much male opposition , and to a lesser extent than is often believed in manual occupations pre- viously exclusively ...
Page 308
... women's wages is part of the general wage question and cannot be sharply isolated . Women's work and wages have also peculiarities of their own quite apart from Poor Law influence . In most trades in which women are employed there is no ...
... women's wages is part of the general wage question and cannot be sharply isolated . Women's work and wages have also peculiarities of their own quite apart from Poor Law influence . In most trades in which women are employed there is no ...
Page 316
... women The higher rate of claims among women is also largely attributed to the fact that the total number of insured women includes a very large proportion of ill - paid and ill - fed persons , who have had little education in the care ...
... women The higher rate of claims among women is also largely attributed to the fact that the total number of insured women includes a very large proportion of ill - paid and ill - fed persons , who have had little education in the care ...
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