The Winding Road to the Welfare State
Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain
$120.72
- Hardcover
384 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2019
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 stat…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691178738 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691178739 |
| Author: | George R. Boyer |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 726g |
| Dimensions: | 155mm x 235mm |
| Series: | The Princeton Economic History of the Western World |
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Critics Review
“One of the book’s great strengths is the way in which is seeks to integrate the history of social policy with the history of living standards more generally, and the book is enhanced by the author’s efforts to place both living standards and social protection in an international context. - Bernard Harris” * Journal of Economics *
“An important, and useful, addition to the literature on the history of social welfare in modern Britain.”—John Stewart, Journal of Social Policy
George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer is professor of economics and international and comparative labor at Cornell University. He is the author of An Economic History of the English Poor Law, 1750–1850.
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