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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... income by gathering firewood, poaching, or growing produce, although the real possibilities of this kind can be exaggerated. It was some compensation that in the rather fresher air of rural areas the poor were healthier and lived longer ...
... income by gathering firewood, poaching, or growing produce, although the real possibilities of this kind can be exaggerated. It was some compensation that in the rather fresher air of rural areas the poor were healthier and lived longer ...
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... income to support so large a family; 15.63 per cent to death of the chief wage-earner; 5.11 per cent to the illness and old age of chief wage-earner; 2.83 per cent to irregularity of work; 2.31 per cent to unemployment. The two latter ...
... income to support so large a family; 15.63 per cent to death of the chief wage-earner; 5.11 per cent to the illness and old age of chief wage-earner; 2.83 per cent to irregularity of work; 2.31 per cent to unemployment. The two latter ...
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... income and power lay in the competitive, individualistic nature of the new economic system and the values it perpetuated and strengthened in the emphasis upon individual rather than the collectivity, upon self-help for all rather than ...
... income and power lay in the competitive, individualistic nature of the new economic system and the values it perpetuated and strengthened in the emphasis upon individual rather than the collectivity, upon self-help for all rather than ...
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... income groups.44 Protestants of all denominations were active philanthropists. The variety of religious motivations was not always conducive to harmony among philanthropists. Conflict between Protestants and Roman Catholics at times ...
... income groups.44 Protestants of all denominations were active philanthropists. The variety of religious motivations was not always conducive to harmony among philanthropists. Conflict between Protestants and Roman Catholics at times ...
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... income from rates. Not until 1879 did the government offer local authorities low-interest loans for housebuilding, and little action followed until the 1900s. Government subsidies for housing were introduced only in 1918. A few ...
... income from rates. Not until 1879 did the government offer local authorities low-interest loans for housebuilding, and little action followed until the 1900s. Government subsidies for housing were introduced only in 1918. A few ...
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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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 finance full employment Germany growth guardians health service housing improved income increased industrial infant introduced Keynes labour movement Labour Party legislation Lloyd George London Macmillan major maternity minimum mothers national health national health service National Insurance old-age pensions outdoor relief owing paid Party planning political Poor Law poor relief population post-war poverty pre-war pressure problem proposals R. H. Tawney reconstruction redistributive reform rent responsibility Rowntree scheme schools 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 working-class