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The birth of social welfare in Ireland, 1922-52 / Mel Cousins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cousins, Mel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--Ireland.
- Public welfare.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Social conditions--20th century.
- Social conditions.
- Ireland--Politics and government--1922-1949.
- Politics and government.
- Ireland--Politics and government--1949-.
- Physical Description:
- 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 2 'Letting the rest go to the devil': social policy under Cumann na nGaedheal, 1922-32 29
- 3 Fianna Fail in government, 1932-38 56
- 4 In the shadow of the Emergency, 1938-42 89
- 5 Children's allowances and a 'cheap ration', 1939-44 105
- 6 Beveridge, Dignan and the establishment of the Department of Social Welfare, 1943-47 128
- 7 The failure of politics: from the establishment of the Department to the Social Welfare Act, 1947-52 148
- 8 State and society 176
- Appendix Analysis in growth of social welfare expenditure, 1926-61 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1851827048 :
- OCLC:
- 52829195
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