The Evolution of the British Welfare State

A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution

Derek Fraser (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

448 Seiten

2009 | 4th ed. 2009
Palgrave (Verlag)
9780230224650 (ISBN)

Infos

Derek Fraser's book has established itself as a classic text on the history of social policy and social ideas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. This fourth edition features a revised Introduction, incorporates the latest research and extends the coverage of the final chapter, bringing the story right up to the present day.

Autor

DEREK FRASER is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Teesside, UK, where he was formerly Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive. He was also previously Professor of British History at UCLA, USA.

Inhalt

List of Tables.- Preface.- Preface to the Second Edition.- Preface to the Third Edition.- Preface to the Fourth Edition.- Acknowledgements.- Select Time Chart, 1801-2008.- Introduction: Perspectives on the History of Welfare.- The Factory Question .- The Poor Law.- Public Health.- Education and Welfare.- Laissez-faire and State Intervention in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.- The Growing Awareness of Poverty.- Liberal Social Policy, 1905-14.- Politics and Policy, 1914-39.- War and Welfare in the 1940s.- The Welfare State in Modern Britain.- Documentary Appendix.- Notes and References.- Select Bibliography.- Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.6.2009
• Zusatzinfo: 448 p.
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 138 x 216 mm
• Gewicht: 705 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-13: 9780230224650 / 9780230224650
• Zustand: Neuware