Virginia Noble

Inside the Welfare State

Foundations of Policy and Practice in Post-War Britain

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

According to the standard narrative of twentieth-century social policy, the early years of the post-war welfare state were an uneventful period, requiring no major legislative interventions and dominated by the political consensus that the state should be the primary guarantor of social security. This new book reveals an entirely different dimension of social policy in this period, illuminating the inner workings of government agencies that were largely disregarded by contemporary politicians and have been neglected by scholars. This book considers the welfare state of the late 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s from the vantage point of those who decided how welfare would be distributed. An interesting and original piece of work, this book will be of interest to scholars working in numerous disciplines including political history, public policy and British history.

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Focusing on the politicized mechanisms of welfare distribution in post-World War Two Britain, this study demonstrates how gender and race determined the quality and quantity of benefits received by Britons seeking state aid. Scholars of public policy, law, and political history will be interested by Noble's findings and theoretical implications.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780415701877
• ISBN-10: 0415701872
• Artikelnr.: 21855681

Autorenporträt

Virginia Noble is partner at McGill and Noble Attorneys in Durham, North Carolina. She has taught at the University of North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Limits and Possibilities of Social Citizenship: The
Gendered Boundaries of National Insurance and Unemployment Benefit 2. "Not
the Normal Mode of Maintenance:" Bureaucratic Resistance to the Claims of
Lone Women 3. Reform and Deterrence: The National Assistance Board's
Strategies for Unemployed Men. 4. Paradoxes of Imperialism: Immigration,
Welfare, and Citizenship 5. "Dirt, Degradation, and Disorder:" Housing the
Homeless in London. Epilogue