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. 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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... century social welfare are sometimes accused of writing 'whiggishly', by which is meant a history which assumes progress towards improvement. This cannot be said of this volume or of any other reputable study of this subject published ...
... century social welfare are sometimes accused of writing 'whiggishly', by which is meant a history which assumes progress towards improvement. This cannot be said of this volume or of any other reputable study of this subject published ...
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... century. The prices of essential goods were stable, and those of food actually fell. Within this general pattern, there were major and persistent differentials among social groups and geographical regions which barely began to narrow ...
... century. The prices of essential goods were stable, and those of food actually fell. Within this general pattern, there were major and persistent differentials among social groups and geographical regions which barely began to narrow ...
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... century. It fell still more sharply from the mid-1870s as a result of severe agricultural depression owing to decline in demand for British produce, and increased imports of cheap food from abroad. The resulting fall in food prices was ...
... century. It fell still more sharply from the mid-1870s as a result of severe agricultural depression owing to decline in demand for British produce, and increased imports of cheap food from abroad. The resulting fall in food prices was ...
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... century certain new trends began to emerge. A falling mortality rate led to a gradual increase in the proportion of the aged in the population, though at a little over 6 per cent in 1901 this was still lower than in previous centuries ...
... century certain new trends began to emerge. A falling mortality rate led to a gradual increase in the proportion of the aged in the population, though at a little over 6 per cent in 1901 this was still lower than in previous centuries ...
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... century was that, by the later years of the century, serious poverty could no longer be assumed to be the normal lot of working people. Increasingly, writers emphasized the distinction between 'the poor' and 'the working classes': but ...
... century was that, by the later years of the century, serious poverty could no longer be assumed to be the normal lot of working people. Increasingly, writers emphasized the distinction between 'the poor' and 'the working classes': but ...
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