Inside the Welfare State - Foundations of Policy and Practice in Post-War Britain

Informationen zum Autor Virginia Noble is partner at McGill and Noble Attorneys in Durham, North Carolina. She has taught at the University of North Carolina. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Virginia Noble, Virginia (Mcgill and Noble Attorneys Noble, Noble Virginia
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 16.08.2011
• EAN: 9780415807838
• ISBN: 978-0-415-80783-8
• Seiten: 192
• Serien: British Politics and Society; British Politics and Society
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Sozialstrukturforschung; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Administration, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, History and Archaeology