The Battle Against Poverty
Author:   Brian Rodgers
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415382908


Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Format:   Mixed media product
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The Battle Against Poverty


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First Published in 2005. The study of social administration is fundamentally the study of social policy, how it came to be in the developed communities of Western society, how it grew and how it succeeded in achieving the ends which it set out to achieve. This is Volume I from a collection on the battle against poverty and looks at Pauperism of the Elizabethan era to social policy and human rights of the 1960s.

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Author:   Brian Rodgers
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780415382908


ISBN 10:   0415382904
Pages:   196
Publication Date:   01 December 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Battle Against PovertyPrerequisitesThe background to an ideaThe new Poor LawThe Poor Law (continued)The beginnings of changeThe great Poor Law reportSocial InsuranceThe end of the beginningThe Battle Against PovertyThe twentiesThe thirtiesBeveridge and World War II1948A Welfare StateThe problem of povertySocial policy and negative goals;

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Brian Rodgers, Senior Lecturer in Social Administration, University of Manchester.

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