1st Edition

Women and the Welfare State

By Elizabeth Wilson Copyright 1977
208 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Women and the Welfare State approaches the question of welfare policy from an entirely fresh perspective. In it the author argues that an appreciation of the way in which women are defined by welfare policies, and have been since the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, is essential to a true understanding of the nature of those policies and of the Welfare State. An important, possible the... Read more
1 Introduction, 2 Ideology & welfare, 3 Women, social welfare, & social work in Victorian society, 4 Women & the family since the Second World War, 5 Welfare since the War, 6 Welfare in the twentieth century, 7 Welfare & war, 8 Women & welfare: past & future, References, Subject Index, Author Index

Biography

Elizabeth Wilson