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The Origins of British Social Policy (Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State) - Softcover

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9781138602076: The Origins of British Social Policy (Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State)
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ISBN 10: 1138602078 ISBN 13: 9781138602076
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Originally published in 1978 The Origins of British Social Policy arose dissatisfaction with conventional approaches to the subject of welfare responsibilities in the state. This volume stresses the complexity of conscious and unconscious influences upon policy, which include such political imperatives as the wish to maintain social order, to maintain and increase economic and military efficiency and to preserve and strengthen the family as a central social institution. It suggests that the break between unsympathetic nineteenth-century Poor Law attitudes towards the poor and modern ‘welfare state’ approaches has been less sharp or complete than is often assumed.

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Pat Thane

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138602078
ISBN 13 
9781138602076
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
210
Editor
Thane Pat