Social Policy 1830-1914

Individualism, Collectivism and the Origins of the Welfare State

Eric J Evans (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

316 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-69804-8 (ISBN)

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First published in 1978, this book gathers an extensive range of documents which illuminate the complex and important process by which the State in Britain has taken on increased responsibility for the health and welfare of its citizens. It uses extracts from a variety of sources, including reports, debates, speeches, articles and reviews, and commentary from leading figures of the period, such as Disraeli, Dickens, Edwin Chadwick and Churchill.

The book begins with a discussion of the notion of an ‘age of laissez-faire’ in the mid-nineteenth century, and an examination of the extent to which the Liberal government embarked on a conscious policy of ‘welfarism’ between 1906 and 1914. The extracts themselves cover the entire field of social policy, including factory legislation, public health, housing, education, poverty, pensions and unemployment.

This book will be of interest to those studying the history of social welfare and social policy.

Eric J Evans

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. State intervention: the tempering of individualism 2. The viability of collectivism, 1870-95; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	15.09.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Sozialgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-69804-0 / 1138698040
ISBN-13	978-1-138-69804-8 / 9781138698048
Zustand	Neuware