Title Family, dependence, and the origins of the welfare state : Britain and France, 1914-1945 / Susan Pedersen

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 478 pages) Contents Introduction: On dependence and distribution -- pt. I. Programs and precedents. -- 1. The family in question: State and family in prewar thought and politics -- 2. The impact of the Great War -- pt. II. Reworking the family wage in the twenties -- 3. Family policy as women's emancipation? The failed campaign for endowment of motherhood in Britain -- 4. Family policy as "socialism in our time"? The failed campaign for children's allowances in Britain -- 5. Business strategies and the family: The development of family allowances in France, 1920-1936 -- pt. III. The politics of state intervention in the thirties. -- 6. Engendering the British welfare state -- 7. Distributive justice and the family: Toward a parental welfare state Summary "The development of the European welfare state in the first half of this century has often been seen as a response to the rise of class politics, its institutions as a means of alleviating the insecurities and inequalities of the labor market. Yet as this study demonstrates, the social reformers and activists who shaped early welfare policies in Britain and France were often quite as concerned with gender relations and family maintenances as they were with social class. Feminists hoping to win a measure of independence for wives, doctors and social workers concerned with children's health, industrialists combating demands that all workers be paid a 'family wage', and pronatalists worried about the capacity of the population to meet the demographic challenges of mass wars all sought to redistribute income and resources not simply across class lines but toward families with dependent children and the mothers occupied in caring for them. Very different distributive policies emerged from their campaigns, with important consequences for the wage system, the well-being of children, and the citizenship status of men and women."--The introductory preamble Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-463) and index Notes English Print version record SUBJECT Čubrilović Familie : 19. Jh.- gnd Subject Family services -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Family services -- France -- History -- 20th century Family policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Family policy -- France -- History -- 20th century Welfare state. Social Welfare -- history Public Policy -- history Family policy Family services Welfare state Familienpolitik Sozialpolitik Gezinspolitiek. Welzijnszorg. Gezin. Servico social. Familia (sociologia) Politica social. Family services -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Family services -- France -- History -- 20th century. Family policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Family policy -- France -- History -- 20th century. Welfare state -- History. Social security -- Great Britain -- History. Social security -- France -- History. Problèmes sociaux -- 20e siècle. État providence -- France. Service social familial -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle. Service social familial -- France -- 20e siècle. État providence -- Grande-Bretagne. Aide sociale -- France. Aide sociale -- Grande-Bretagne. Politique familiale -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle. Politique familiale -- France -- 20e siècle. Allocations familiales -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle. Allocations familiales -- France -- 20e siècle. France Great Britain Frankreich Großbritannien Grande-Bretagne -- Politique sociale -- 1918-1945. France -- Politique sociale -- 20e siècle. France -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle. Grande-Bretagne -- Conditions sociales -- 1918-1945. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0521419891 9780521419895 0521558344 9780521558341

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