1st Edition

Social Security

Edited By William A. Robson Copyright 1943
478 Pages
by Routledge

477 Pages
by Routledge

477 Pages
by Routledge

First Published in 1943, Social Security critically examines the arrangements for providing pensions, insurance benefits, allowances and compensation to the vast mass of wage earners and their dependants. Divided into two parts, it discusses crucial themes like the fundamentals of social security; unemployment and health insurance; pension schemes for widows, orphans, the blind, and the aged;... Read more

Preface by William A. Robson Part I: The Present Introduction: Present Principles William A. Robson 1. Public Assistance Herbert W. Marshall 2. Workmen’s Compensation Rosalind Chambers 3. National Health Insurance Joan Simeon Clarke 4. Unemployment Insurance Clara D. Rackham 5. The Assistance Board Joan Simeon Clarke 6. Widows’, Orphans’, and Old Age Pensions Joan Simeon Clarke 7. Blind Welfare in England and Wales W. McG. Eagar 8. War Pensions Barbara Castle 9. Finance of Social Services Gertrude Williams 10. Superannuation Emmeline W. Cohen 11. Industrial Life Assurance Louis Ginsburg Part II: The Future 12. The Beveridge Report and After R.W. B. Clarke 13. Social Security Housekeeping R.W. B. Clarke 14. The Staff Problem Joan Simeon Clarke Epilogue Lord Beveridge Appendix Select Bibliography Notes on the Authors Index

Biography

William A. Robson