English Poor Law Policy - Sidney and Beatrice Webb

List of contents

1. The Revolution of 1834. 2. The Poor Law Commissioners. 3. The Poor Law Board. 4. The Local Government Board. 5. The Principles of 1907. 6. The Majority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909. 7. The Minority Report of the Royal Commission of 1905-1909. 8. Summary and Conclusion.

Summary

First published in 1910, this volume is a dispassionate analysis of the changes in and the various aspects of official policy towards pauperism from the ‘Revolution of 1834’ to the Majority and Minority Reports of 1909.

Product details

• Authors: W. A. Robson, Beatrice Webb, Beatrice Webb Webb, Sidney Webb, Sidney Webb Webb, Webb Sidney
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138392052
• ISBN: 978-1-138-39205-2
• No. of pages: 379
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; England, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, LAW / General, Poverty & unemployment, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Poverty and precarity