The British welfare revolution, 1906-14 / John Cooper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, John, 1935- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state.

History.

Social policy.

Great Britain--Social policy--20th century.

Great Britain.

Welfare state--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

362 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017.

Summary:

" The Welfare Revolution of the early 20th century did not start with Clement Attlee's Labour governments of 1945 to 1951 but had its origins in the Liberal government of forty years earlier. The British Welfare Revolution, 1906-14 offers a fresh perspective on the social reforms introduced by these Liberal governments in the years 1906 to 1914. Reforms conceived during this time created the foundations of the Welfare State and transformed modern Britain; they touched every major area of social policy, from school meals to pensions, the minimum wage to the health service. Cooper uses an innovative approach, the concept of the Counter-Elite, to explain the emergence of the New Liberalism and examines the research that was carried out to devise ways to meet each specific social problem facing Britain in the early 20th century. For example, a group of businessmen, including Booth and Rowntree, invented the poverty survey to pinpoint those living below the poverty line and encouraged a new generation of sociologists. This comprehensive single volume survey presents a new critical angle on the origins of the British welfare state and is an original analysis of the reforms and the leading personalities of the Liberal governments from the late Edwardian period to the advent of the First World War. "-- Provided by publisher.

"The book describes and analyses the social reforms initiated by the Liberal governments of 1906-14 which produced a qualitative change in society amounting to a Welfare Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction

1. The Rise of the Counter-Elite

2. The Recruiting Grounds of the Counter-Elite

3. School Meals and Medical Inspection

4. Child Welfare

5. Old Age Pensions

6. The Webbs and the Minority Report on the Poor Law

7. The Great Budget of 1909

8. Sweating and the Minimum Wage

9. National Health Insurance

10. First Steps towards a Health Service

11. Unemployment Insurance

12. Boy Labour and Continuation Education

13. A Partially Reformed Poor Law

14. Municipal Housing and Town Planning

15. From Trade Boards to the Minimum Wage

16. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350025738

1350025739

OCLC:

961415311