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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... insurance, by which means workers strove to have something 'put by' for illness, unemployment, old age and other contingencies. Commercial savings banks, used primarily but by no means exclusively by the working class (they attracted ...
... insurance, by which means workers strove to have something 'put by' for illness, unemployment, old age and other contingencies. Commercial savings banks, used primarily but by no means exclusively by the working class (they attracted ...
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... insurance, which Friendly Societies had not always been able to guarantee ... benefits when sick, and the sum remaining in the fund was divided among all ... unemployment or other crisis, they had to cease contributions, they could ...
... insurance, which Friendly Societies had not always been able to guarantee ... benefits when sick, and the sum remaining in the fund was divided among all ... unemployment or other crisis, they had to cease contributions, they could ...
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... unemployment benefits for their members. Initially these were organized rattier haphazardly with little serious ... insurance or public 'welfare', they saw as the real key to diminishing poverty. They feared that if the union fund was ...
... unemployment benefits for their members. Initially these were organized rattier haphazardly with little serious ... insurance or public 'welfare', they saw as the real key to diminishing poverty. They feared that if the union fund was ...
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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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