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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Wage Supplements and the New Poor Law; 3 Wage Supplements and Poor Relief in the 1920s: Norfolk's Agricultural Labourers; 4 Wage Supplements and Public Assistance in the 1930s: Lancashire's Cotton Weavers; 5 Family Allowance, the Rediscovery of Poverty and Rejection of Means-tested Wage Supplements; 6 Family Income Supplement: Reintroducing Means-tested Wage Supplements; 7 Family Credit, Wage Suppression and the 'Think Tank' |
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8 Tax Credits, Wage Worklessness and Child Poverty9 Universal Credit: Wage Supplements and Mini-jobs; 10 Minimum and Living Wages: Alternatives to Wage Supplements?; 11 International Experiences of Wage Supplements: New Zealand and the USA 185 12 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Social Security and Wage Poverty is the first book to comprehensively examine debates about, and the practice of, the state supplementing wages. Chris Grover charts the historical development of such policies from prohibition in the 1830s and how opposition to it was overcome in the 1970s, thereby allowing the increasing supplementation of the wages of poorly paid working people. He draws upon original archival research to show that over time wage supplements have been seen as both deeply problematic for, and of great benefit to, the economy, and to the moral and social life of wage workers. In analyzing the political economy of wage supplements, Grover also deals with gendered assumptions about the role of women in wage work and 'the family', which have framed the use and critique of wage supplements. He focuses on Britain, but also examines wage supplements in New Zealand and the USA |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016) |
| Subject |
Social security -- Great Britain -- History
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Minimum wage -- Great Britain -- History
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Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History
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Family allowances -- Great Britain -- History
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Income maintenance programs -- Great Britain -- History
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Political economy.
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Central government policies.
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Development studies.
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Sociology: work & labour.
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Gender studies, gender groups.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Family allowances
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Income maintenance programs
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Minimum wage
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Public welfare
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Social security
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781137293978 |
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1137293977 |
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1137293969 |
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9781137293961 |
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