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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... Social Policy Barbara Bagilhole Responding to Poverty Saul Becker Forthcoming Titles: New Directions in Educational Policy Paul Lodge Lone Mothers Jane Millar LONGMAN SOCIAL POLICY IN BRITAIN SERIES Foundations of the Welfare.
... Social Policy Barbara Bagilhole Responding to Poverty Saul Becker Forthcoming Titles: New Directions in Educational Policy Paul Lodge Lone Mothers Jane Millar LONGMAN SOCIAL POLICY IN BRITAIN SERIES Foundations of the Welfare.
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... mother and three children was 21s. 8d. per week. He found that 6.8 per cent of the working-class population of York (3.6 per cent of the whole) lived in households with incomes below this level. Rowntree described these as living in ...
... mother and three children was 21s. 8d. per week. He found that 6.8 per cent of the working-class population of York (3.6 per cent of the whole) lived in households with incomes below this level. Rowntree described these as living in ...
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... mothers of young children had a poor chance of supporting their families adequately given the conventionally lower pay (by half to two-thirds) of women compared with men, even when a job could be found. 9 One of Booth's first ...
... mothers of young children had a poor chance of supporting their families adequately given the conventionally lower pay (by half to two-thirds) of women compared with men, even when a job could be found. 9 One of Booth's first ...
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... mothers, the aged, sick or disabled, i.e. those most marginal to the labour market. The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could work to be self-helping. It had not succeeded in eliminating their poverty. It had ...
... mothers, the aged, sick or disabled, i.e. those most marginal to the labour market. The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could work to be self-helping. It had not succeeded in eliminating their poverty. It had ...
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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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