Gender, Health and Welfare

Zusatztext 'An interesting collection of papers which deserves to be used for the interesting insight it offers into particular aspects of welfare history.' - Journal of Social Policy 'This is a very enjoyable and informative text for anyone interested in the historical emergence of the welfare state and the contemporary discourse on welfare contribution, provision and entitlement ... a thoroughly enjoyable and informative read.' - The Journal of Contemporary Health 'This is a useful and well-written collection which makes a forceful argument for the avoidance of stereotypes in welfare history.' - Economic History Review 'This volume has appeared at a strategic moment. By complicating our understanding of just how contradictory and contested the emergence of the 20th century welfare state was, the contributors allow us to look back at where we hae come from without undue nostalgia.' - Biosocial Science Informationen zum Autor Anne Digby (Author) ,  John Stewart (Author) Klappentext Gender, Health and Welfare deals primarily with the century before the creation of the classic welfare state in Britain. It provides a stimulating introduction to an historical era which saw a huge expansion in welfare services, both state and voluntary, and during which women emerged as significant 'consumers' and 'providers' of various measures. Zusammenfassung Discusses how and why gender has been so important in shaping modern welfare provision. Key issues covered include: relationship between poverty, health and gender; case studies of female reformers; birth control; women in Labour movement Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Welfare in context, 2 Excess female mortality: constructing survival during development in Meiji Japan and Victorian England 3 Poverty, health and the politics of gender in Britain, 1870–1948 4 Octavia Hill and women’s networks in housing 5 Late nineteenth-century philanthropy: the case of Louisa Twining 6 The campaign for birth control in Britain in the 1920s 7 ‘The children’s party, therefore the women’s party’: the Labour Party and child welfare in inter-war Britain 8 Gender, welfare and old age in Britain, 1870s–1940s 9 Gender and welfare in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries ...

Product details

• Authors: Anne Digby, Anne Stewart Digby, Digby Anne, John Stewart
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.1998
• EAN: 9780415187008
• ISBN: 978-0-415-18700-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Personal & public health, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Health & personal development, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Personal and public health / health education