1st Edition

The Coming of the Welfare State

By Professor Lady Williams Copyright 1967
122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

The Coming of the Welfare State (1967) explains the climate of opinion which created the old harsh Poor Law and how it changed so that welfare began to be part of the discussion around poverty. It sets the Welfare State in the context pf society, politics and economics.

1. The Contrast between 1890 and Today  2. Social Problems of an Industrial Society  3. The Foundations of the Welfare State  4. What the Welfare State is and What it Has Done  5. Problems for the Future

Biography

Professor Lady Williams