Origins of the welfare state / selected and with a new introduction by Nicholas Deakin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deakin, Nicholas.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Great Britain--History--20th century--Sources.

Public welfare.

Welfare state.

History.

Great Britain--Social policy--Sources.

Great Britain.

Social policy.

Welfare state--History--20th century--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

9 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Summary:

Consisting of both shorter pieces and reprints of entire books, this set restores to circulation a number of key texts from the debate about the future of welfare that took place in Britain following the depression. The collection covers the following areas: * The period during which the country felt the full impact of the world depression. A number of solutions were put forward during this time to address the arising issues - in particular the consequences of mass unemployment. The approaches ranged from orthodox Marxism to modified conservatism and "middle opinion" * A key feature of the debate was the concept of planning as a device to enable governments to cope with economic and social problems. * A range of different ideas were widely canvassed during the war years. It was considered that successful conduct of war could then be applied to the problems of peace. This set resurrects certain proposals, influential in the climate of the times, which have subsequently dropped out of circulation * Early assessments dealing with the implications of Welfare State legislation are also included. Although the implementation of the welfare programme was in effect a bipartisan process it did not take long for doubts to be expressed - some of which were directed at the principles on which the Welfare State was being constructed

Contents:

v. 1. The next five years

v. 2. Plan for demovratic Britain / G.D.H. Cole ... et al. ; and, What have we to defend? / E.F.M. Durgin

v. 3. Working class wives / Margery Spring Rice

v. 4. Our towns / the Women's Group on Public Welfare ; and, When we build again / Bournville Village Trust

v. 5. Britain's way to social security / François Lafitte ; and, Full employment in a free society / William Beveridge ; and, The case for family allowances / Eleanor F. Rathbone

v. 6. The Peckham Experiment / Innes Pearse and Lucy Crocker

v. 7. Voluntary action / William Beveridge

v. 8. Labour, life, and poverty / F. Zweig

v. 9. The Unservile state / George Watson ... et al.

Notes:

Titles in this set were originally published 1935-1957.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0415212227

0415212235

0415212243

0415212251

041521226X

0415212278

0415212286

0415212294

0415212308

OCLC:

249265659