The Solidarities of Strangers | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

The Solidarities of Strangers is a study of English policies toward the poor from the seventeenth century to the present that combines individual stories with official actions. Lynn Lees shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements. Cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined amounts and beneficiaries. Indeed, industrialization and growing wealth went along with restricted payments to the needy, while universal allowances and insurance systems expanded as the economy faltered and world wars crippled budgets and drained resources. Although the English poor laws were a 'residualist' system, aiding the destitute when neither family nor charities covered needs, they went through cycles of generosity and meanness that affected men and women unequally. The long-term history of welfare in England and Wales has not been a story of continued progress and improvement but one determined by continually changing attitudes toward poverty.

Zusammenfassung

A study of English policies toward the poor from the seventeenth century to the present that combines individual stories with official actions. Lynn Lees shows how clients as well as officials negotiated welfare settlements. Cultural definitions of entitlement, rather than available resources, determined amounts and beneficiaries. The English poor laws went through cycles of generosity and meanness that affected men and women unequally. The long-term history of welfare in England and Wales was not one of continued progress and improvement but one determined by continually changing attitudes toward poverty.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I. Residualism Taken for Granted, 1700-1834: 1. The welfare process under the old poor laws; 2. Weekly doles: communal support in the eighteenth century; 3. Excluding paupers, 1780-1834; Part II. Residualism Refined and Restricted, 1834-60; 4. Classifying and confining paupers, 1834-60; 5. 'Though poor, I'm a gentleman still'; 6. 'Pauperism' in practice, 1834-70; Part III. Residualism Re-evaluated and Rejected, 1860-1948; 7. Re-evaluating the urban poor, 1860-90; 8. The multicampaign war on pauperism, 1870-1906; 9. Popular rejection of the poor laws; 10. New principles for social action, 1906-48; Epilogue: residualism redux, 1948-95; Appendix: collection and analysis of settlement examinations; Bibliographic essay; Index.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521030663
ISBN-10:	0521030668
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lees, Lynn Hollen
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Lynn Hollen Lees
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.11.2006
Gewicht:	0,635 kg

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