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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... or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. ISBN-10. 0-582-27952-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-27952-0 (pbk) British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A.
... or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. ISBN-10. 0-582-27952-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-27952-0 (pbk) British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A.
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0-582-27952-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-27952-0 (pbk) British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thane, Pat.
0-582-27952-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-27952-0 (pbk) British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Thane, Pat.
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... to the Second World War PART TWO Foundations of the Welfare State 9 Assessment PART THREE Documents List of Documents 1–19 Appendices Main British statutesreferredto in text Major reports ofRoyalCommissions, selectcommittees, etc.
... to the Second World War PART TWO Foundations of the Welfare State 9 Assessment PART THREE Documents List of Documents 1–19 Appendices Main British statutesreferredto in text Major reports ofRoyalCommissions, selectcommittees, etc.
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This is done partly to demonstrate that the British experience has not been uniquely progressive, and partly in the belief that such comparative analysis is necessary if we are to understand what are the leading pressures for, ...
This is done partly to demonstrate that the British experience has not been uniquely progressive, and partly in the belief that such comparative analysis is necessary if we are to understand what are the leading pressures for, ...
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Also, to evaluate changes in social policy within one society, it is desirable to compare them with changes in other societies in order to discover what is and what is not particular to the British experience.
Also, to evaluate changes in social policy within one society, it is desirable to compare them with changes in other societies in order to discover what is and what is not particular to the British experience.
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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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