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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... London, the North East and elsewhere. It was difficult in the 1880s to ignore the fact that some of the working class were becoming increasingly active on various economic and political issues, and that organizations were being formed ...
... London, the North East and elsewhere. It was difficult in the 1880s to ignore the fact that some of the working class were becoming increasingly active on various economic and political issues, and that organizations were being formed ...
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... London (1883), describing and attacking poverty especially in the London slums. The Bitter Cry was a vitriolic, moving and widely publicized polemic against the 'pestilential human rookeries ... where tens of thousands are crowded ...
... London (1883), describing and attacking poverty especially in the London slums. The Bitter Cry was a vitriolic, moving and widely publicized polemic against the 'pestilential human rookeries ... where tens of thousands are crowded ...
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... London casual poor scraped a living in what some historians have called an 'economy of makeshifts' [doc 1]. When such means failed, the extended family might give support, most often food or caring for some children until the crisis was ...
... London casual poor scraped a living in what some historians have called an 'economy of makeshifts' [doc 1]. When such means failed, the extended family might give support, most often food or caring for some children until the crisis was ...
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... orphans, the unemployed or to Jews who converted to Christianity, sometimes to anyone in visible need. Sometimes need had to be proved, sometimes not. In London, every magistrates' court and police station had a collecting box, and.
... orphans, the unemployed or to Jews who converted to Christianity, sometimes to anyone in visible need. Sometimes need had to be proved, sometimes not. In London, every magistrates' court and police station had a collecting box, and.
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... London or famine in India, the lord mayor of London, and mayors of other towns, opened relief funds which attracted large subscriptions. Booth described the large number of charities established by religious bodies in London in ...
... London or famine in India, the lord mayor of London, and mayors of other towns, opened relief funds which attracted large subscriptions. Booth described the large number of charities established by religious bodies in London in ...
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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