| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Series |
British Politics and Society, 10 |
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British Politics and Society, 10
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| Contents |
Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Limits and Possibilities of Social Citizenship: The Gendered Boundaries of National Insurance and Unemployment Benefit -- 2 "Not the Normal Mode of Maintenance": Bureaucratic Resistance to the Claims of Lone Women -- 3 Reform and Deterrence: The National Assistance Board's Strategies for Unemployed Men -- 4 Paradoxes of Imperialism: Immigration, Welfare, and Citizenship -- 5 "Dirt, Degradation, and Disorder": Housing the Homeless in London -- Epilogue: The New Right, New Labour, and Welfare -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Focusing on the politicized mechanisms of welfare distribution in post-World War II Britain, this study demonstrates how gender and race determined the quality and quantity of benefits received by Britons seeking state aid. Scholars of public policy, law, and political history will be interested by Nobles findings and theoretical implications |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public welfare.
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Social sciences.
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Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
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Social Sciences
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welfare services.
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social sciences.
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Social policy
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Public welfare
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Social sciences
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001105
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203887318 |
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020388731X |
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