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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These very arguments were invoked against the initial growth of such expenditure in the fifty years preceding the First World War and in the period of economic crisis in the 1920s and 1930s. In both periods the arguments were found ...
These very arguments were invoked against the initial growth of such expenditure in the fifty years preceding the First World War and in the period of economic crisis in the 1920s and 1930s. In both periods the arguments were found ...
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This is precisely because their discussion necessitates consideration of fundamental questions about the relationship between rich and poor, between government and citizens and about whether, or by which means, economic growth or ...
This is precisely because their discussion necessitates consideration of fundamental questions about the relationship between rich and poor, between government and citizens and about whether, or by which means, economic growth or ...
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Most of these causes of poverty had, however, been broadly constant for generations, although the growth of towns and industry had changed the conditions in which they were experienced. In the last decades of the nineteenth century ...
Most of these causes of poverty had, however, been broadly constant for generations, although the growth of towns and industry had changed the conditions in which they were experienced. In the last decades of the nineteenth century ...
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Thinking tended to be directed towards minimizing both poverty and associated problems, such as those of economic growth and public order, rather than towards its elimination. The debate on these issues continued throughout the last ...
Thinking tended to be directed towards minimizing both poverty and associated problems, such as those of economic growth and public order, rather than towards its elimination. The debate on these issues continued throughout the last ...
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... from others provided that their indigence was judged to be no fault of their own.13 It was assumed that by maximizing individual incentives for the mass of the population, economic growth could be maximized for the benefit of all.
... from others provided that their indigence was judged to be no fault of their own.13 It was assumed that by maximizing individual incentives for the mass of the population, economic growth could be maximized for the benefit of all.
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Contents
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 financed Germany growth guardians health service housing Ibid improved income increased industrial infant interwar introduced Keynes labour movement Labour Party legislation Lloyd George London longterm major maternity minimum mothers national health national health service National Insurance oldage pensions outdoor relief owing paid Party planning political Poor Law poor relief population postwar poverty pressure prewar problem proposals R. H. Tawney reconstruction redistributive reform rent responsibility Rowntree scheme schools selfhelp 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 workingclass
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Foundations of the Welfare State Longman Social Policy In Britain Series |
| Author | Pat Thane |
| Edition | 2, revised |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2016 |
| ISBN | 1317889061, 9781317889069 |
| Length | 376 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / General Social Science / Sociology / General |
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