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 104
... workers . The distinction between these institutions and prisons was not always obvious . Or rather , as a Japanese historian has put it , they were ' store - houses for the human factor of production ' . The workers were strictly ...
... workers . The distinction between these institutions and prisons was not always obvious . Or rather , as a Japanese historian has put it , they were ' store - houses for the human factor of production ' . The workers were strictly ...
Page 113
... workers , 79 per cent of whom possessed some degree of literacy ; only 44 per cent of female factory workers were literate . Russian peasants in this period gained more from migration to the United States or to Siberia than from state ...
... workers , 79 per cent of whom possessed some degree of literacy ; only 44 per cent of female factory workers were literate . Russian peasants in this period gained more from migration to the United States or to Siberia than from state ...
Page 139
... workers , and for agricultural workers in 1917. During the war , trade boards were extended to a wider range of non - unionized industries and by 1921 they covered 63 occupations and three million workers , many of them better paid than ...
... workers , and for agricultural workers in 1917. During the war , trade boards were extended to a wider range of non - unionized industries and by 1921 they covered 63 occupations and three million workers , many of them better paid 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