The winding road to the welfare state economic insecurity and social welfare policy in Britain
How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British wor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton ; Woodstock
Princeton University Press
2018, ©2019
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| Series: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British working-class households coped with economic insecurity. George Boyer examines the retrenchment in Victorian poor relief, the Liberal Welfare Reforms, and the beginnings of the postwar welfare state, and he describes how workers altered spending and saving methods based on changing government policies. |
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| Physical Description: | XVI, 349 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-17873-8 |