The 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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... action its ultimate elimination will only be possible when these causes are dealt with as a part of and in relation to, the wider social problem. of A major factor predisposing urban and rural families to poverty was the low pay men and ...
... action its ultimate elimination will only be possible when these causes are dealt with as a part of and in relation to, the wider social problem. of A major factor predisposing urban and rural families to poverty was the low pay men and ...
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... action to take the place of self-help, philanthropy and the duty to work, but rather wished to supplement and reinforce these attributes which were regarded as socially and morally desirable. There was pessimism among mid-century ...
... action to take the place of self-help, philanthropy and the duty to work, but rather wished to supplement and reinforce these attributes which were regarded as socially and morally desirable. There was pessimism among mid-century ...
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... action posed a danger to individual freedom, and could rarely assist economic growth or social or moral improvement. It was not ruled out, but must always be argued for and was positively acceptable only to help those perceived as too ...
... action posed a danger to individual freedom, and could rarely assist economic growth or social or moral improvement. It was not ruled out, but must always be argued for and was positively acceptable only to help those perceived as too ...
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... action. Concern about social conditions was both expressed in and reinforced by a mass of polemical writing, in newspapers, such as the radical Pall Mall Gazette, in pamphlets, such as Andrew Mearns' The Bitter Cry of Outcast London ...
... action. Concern about social conditions was both expressed in and reinforced by a mass of polemical writing, in newspapers, such as the radical Pall Mall Gazette, in pamphlets, such as Andrew Mearns' The Bitter Cry of Outcast London ...
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... action to diminish poverty. Some were drawn into active participation in local government – as Poor Law guardians or elected members of School Boards27 – or to demanding the vote as a result of their experience of voluntary action ...
... action to diminish poverty. Some were drawn into active participation in local government – as Poor Law guardians or elected members of School Boards27 – or to demanding the vote as a result of their experience of voluntary action ...
Contents
Introduction | |
International comparisons 18701914 | |
The First World War and after | |
The interwar years | |
The Second World War and after | |
International comparisons 1920 to the Second World | |
Assessment | |
List of Documents 119 | |
Appendices | |
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A. L. Bowley action administration areas authorities Beatrice Webb benefits Beveridge Beveridge’s 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 improved income increased industrial infant introduced Keynes labour movement Labour Party legislation Lloyd George London Macmillan major maternity 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 responsibility Rowntree scheme schools sickness social policy social services society standards subsidized Thane trade union Treasury unemployed unemployment insurance voluntary hospitals wages wartime welfare William Beveridge women workers workhouse working-class