How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British working-class households coped with economic insecurity. George Boyer examines the retrenchment in Victorian poor relief, the Liberal Welfare Reforms, and the beginnings of the postwar welfare state, and he describes how workers altered spending and saving methods based on changing government policies.
From the cutting back of the Poor Law after 1834 to Parliament's abrupt about-face in 1906 with the adoption of the Liberal Welfare Reforms, Boyer offers new explanations for oscillations in Britain's social policies and how these shaped worker well-being. The Poor Law's increasing stinginess led skilled manual workers to adopt self-help strategies, but this was not a feasible option for low-skilled workers, many of whom continued to rely on the Poor Law into old age. In contrast, the Liberal Welfare Reforms were a major watershed, marking the end of seven decades of declining support for the needy. Concluding with the Beveridge Report and Labor's social policies in the late 1940s, Boyer shows how the Liberal Welfare Reforms laid the foundations for a national social safety net.
A sweeping look at economic pressures after the Industrial Revolution, The Winding Road to the Welfare State illustrates how British welfare policy waxed and waned over the course of a century.
Автор: Neugarten, Bernice Название: Social Welfare in Western Society ISBN: 1412808529 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781412808521 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7654.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Jean-Francois Caron Название: The Great Lockdown: Western Societies and the Fear of Death ISBN: 1433195356 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433195358 Издательство: Peter Lang Рейтинг: Цена: 7225.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
It is being said that we should all be proud of the way we are confronting the Covid-19 pandemic. Rather than privileging profits and trade, Western societies have made the noble decision to save lives at all costs. Indeed, the logic that has prevailed is that accepting any trade-off between saving lives and saving the economy is an unacceptable and monstrous idea, which is why liberal democracies worldwide have chosen to shutter businesses and force people to self-quarantine in their homes as much and for as long as possible. A vast majority of citizens and political leaders deemed that acting otherwise would have been nothing else but pure moral bankruptcy.
Is it, however, possible that Western societies have gone the wrong way by embracing this inherently basic and impoverished version of life? The reason why a significant majority of us are unable to see this truth is because of our refusal to accept death and the tragic essence of human life which is the result of the various cultural parameters we have grown accustomed to over the past decades that followed WWII. The Covid-19 pandemic has simply been the triggering factor that has allowed these factors to reinforce the full strength they wield on our understanding of life. Defined primarily by a fear of death, the desire to prolong life as much as possible and minimize the hurdles individuals have to face during their existence has created a beast that is, in appearance, reassuring to the fearful creatures we have become.
This beast has asepticized societies that refute the tragic nature of life and are willing to hinder individuals’ freedom and what makes our existence inherently humane. However, without realizing it, this Leviathan that now takes the form of a "nanny state" has altered our nature from individuals able and encouraged to enjoy life to people whose only destiny is to simply survive for as long as possible, without any other purpose than to avoid anything that might jeopardize this objective.
Описание: This book provides a systematic theoretical discussion of the various impacts of mass warfare on welfare state development and brings war back into comparative welfare state research
How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State investigates the evolution of living standards and welfare policies in Britain from the 1830s to 1950 and provides insights into how British working-class households coped with economic insecurity. George Boyer examines the retrenchment in Victorian poor relief, the Liberal Welfare Reforms, and the beginnings of the postwar welfare state, and he describes how workers altered spending and saving methods based on changing government policies.
From the cutting back of the Poor Law after 1834 to Parliament's abrupt about-face in 1906 with the adoption of the Liberal Welfare Reforms, Boyer offers new explanations for oscillations in Britain's social policies and how these shaped worker well-being. The Poor Law's increasing stinginess led skilled manual workers to adopt self-help strategies, but this was not a feasible option for low-skilled workers, many of whom continued to rely on the Poor Law into old age. In contrast, the Liberal Welfare Reforms were a major watershed, marking the end of seven decades of declining support for the needy. Concluding with the Beveridge Report and Labour's social policies in the late 1940s, Boyer shows how the Liberal Welfare Reforms laid the foundations for a national social safety net. A sweeping look at economic pressures after the Industrial Revolution, The Winding Road to the Welfare State illustrates how British welfare policy waxed and waned over the course of a century.
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Автор: Manuel Название: Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare ISBN: 3319772961 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319772967 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: List of IllustrationsForeword, Jeffrey Haynes, London Metropolitan UniversityPreface and Acknowledgments 1. "Use Words Only if Necessary" the Strategic Silence of Organized Religion in Contemporary EuropePaul Christopher Manuel, American University and Miguel Glatzer, LaSalle University Part One: Countries with a Dominant Religious Society2. The Entanglement and Disentanglement of Church and State in Irish Social PolicyMichele Dillon, University of New Hampshire 3. Religiously Oriented Welfare Organizations in the Italy before and after the Great Recession: Towards a More Relevant Role in the Provision of Social Services?Ugo Ascoli and Marco Arlotti, Universitа Politecnica delle Marche 4. Muted Vibrancy and the Invisible Politics of Religion: Catholic Third Sector, Economic Crisis, and Territorial Welfare in SpainXabier Itзaina, Centre Emile Durkheim, SciencesPo Bordeaux 5. The State, Religious Institutions, and Welfare Delivery: The Case of PortugalPaul Christopher Manuel, American University and Miguel Glatzer, LaSalle University6. Church-State Relations in Today's Crisis-Beset Greece: A Delicate Balance within a Frantic Society Periklis Polyzoidis, Democritus University of Thrace Komotinн, Part Two: Countries with Competing Religious Societies, and with a Formerly Dominant Church7. Combining Secular Public Space and Growing Diversity? Interactions between Religious Organizations as Welfare Providers and the Public in Sweden Annette Leis-Peters, VID Specialized University 8. Social Capital and Religion in the United KingdomSteven Kettell, University of Warwick9. Faith-based Organizations under Double-Pressure: The Impact of Market-Liberalization and Secularization on Caritas and Diakonie in Germany Josef Hien, European University Institute BibliographyAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIllustrationsTablesPhotos
Автор: Taylor-Gooby Название: Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe ISBN: 1403993173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403993175 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11878.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book reviews the main policy paradigms and analyzes the processes whereby they have changed in the most salient policy areas, and is based on recent interviews with more than two hundred and fifty senior policy actors in seven West European countries.
Автор: Mierzejewski Alfred C. Название: The Party`s Over: The End of the Welfare State Boom in Western Europe ISBN: 1793629196 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781793629197 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 22810.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In The Party`s Over: The End of the Welfare State Boom in Western Europe, Alfred C. Mierzejewski explores how the West European welfare state boom ended in the mid-1970`s and shows how that is relevant and significant for workers and retirees today.
Автор: Paul Christopher Manuel; Miguel Glatzer Название: Faith-Based Organizations and Social Welfare ISBN: 3030084221 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030084226 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This volume examines the role and function of religious-based organizations in strengthening associational life in a representative sample of West European countries: newly democratized and long-established democracies, societies with and without a dominant religious tradition, and welfare states with different levels and types of state-provided social services. It asks how faith-based organizations, in a time of economic crisis, and with declining numbers of adherents, might contribute to the deepening of democracy. Throughout, the volume invites social scientists to consider the on-going role of faith-based organizations in Western European civil society, and investigates whether the concept of muted vibrancy aids our theoretical understanding.
Автор: Hills John Название: Good Times, Bad Times ISBN: 144733647X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447336471 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 2770.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This revised edition uses extensive updated research and survey evidence to challenge the view of `skivers versus strivers`, showing how much our lives vary not just as we age, but from week-to-week and year-to-year.
Описание: This book combines the two most important typologies of capitalist diversity; Esping-Andersen`s welfare regime typology and Hall and Soskice`s `Varieties of Capitalism` typology, into a unified typology of capitalist diversity. The author shows empircally that certain welfare states bundle together with certain production systems.
Автор: Dulgeroglu-Yuksel, F. Yurdanur Название: Capitalisms and Democracies ISBN: 1032285125 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032285122 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 19906.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book examines steadily-growing increases in inequality within Western capitalist democracies, examining with care the differences between these democracies rooted in their culture and institutions.
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