The first priority for the Thatcher Government in 1979 was the economy and the enterprise culture. Changes were proposed to…
Inequalities between women of different social categories are nothing new. And despite the effects of the Welfare State, there still…
Post-war Britain is characterised by Butskellism, a hybrid word formed from part of the names of the Conservative (Butler) and…
According to Beveridge, two points of view are presented concerning the introduction of the Welfare State. The established view is…
Before the Industrial Revolution, men and women worked together as an economic unit, especially in rural communities. In well-off households,…
The work of Charles Booth and Rowntree (see Chapter 2 : Victorian Philanthropy) influenced a new current within the Liberal…
Two approaches seem to characterize the second half of the 19th century: on the one hand, a Victorian philanthropy, designed…
In the Middle Ages, responsibility for the poor was in the hands of religious orders, usually to be found in…