Before Beveridge

by Gladstone, David; Green, David A.; Harris, Jose; Lewis, Jane; Thane, Pat; Vincent, A. W.; Whiteside, Noel

• ISBN13: 9780255364393
• ISBN10: 0255364393
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Inst of Economic Affairs

Summary

In this volume leading social historians examine the 'mixed economy of welfare' that typified the era Before Beveridge. They present a picture of a complex web of interlocking institutions, involving, at the most basic level, family and neighbours, then the formal voluntary sector, which embraced both charitable and mutual aid bodies, together with services delivered by central and local government and the commercial market.
This 'mixed economy of welfare' has once again become an important part of the contemporary policy maker's agenda. As a consequence, this collection of historical essays has a direct bearing on one of the most important debates of the present time.

Table of Contents

The Authors
Editor's Introduction: Welfare Before the Welfare State	p. 1
The Voluntary Sector in the Mixed Economy of Welfare	p. 10
The Friendly Societies and Adam-Smith Liberalism	p. 18
Private Provision and Public Welfare: Health Insurance Between the Wars	p. 26
Political Thought and the Welfare State 1870-1940: An Intellectual Framework for British Social Policy	p. 43
The Poor Law Reports of 1909 and the Social Theory of the Charity Organisation Society	p. 64
The Working Class and State 'Welfare' in Britain, 1880-1914	p. 86
Notes	p. 113
Index	p. 138
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