Inside the welfare state : foundations of policy and practice in post-war Britain / Virginia A. Noble.

Author
Noble, Virginia A., 1963- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : Routledge, 2009.
Description
182 p. ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
British politics and society [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180) and index.
Contents
  • Limits and possibilities of social citizenship : the gendered boundaries of national insurance and unemployment benefit
  • "Not the normal mode of maintenance" : bureaucratic resistance to the claims of lone women
  • Reform and deterrence : the National Assistance Board's strategies for unemployed men
  • Paradoxes of imperialism : immigration, welfare, and citizenship
  • "Dirt, degradation, and disorder" : housing the homeless in London.
ISBN
  • 9780415701877
  • 0415701872
LCCN
2008021723
OCLC
228701330
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