Virginia Noble

Inside the Welfare State (eBook, PDF)

Foundations of Policy and Practice in Post-War Britain

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the politicized mechanisms of welfare distribution in post-World War Two Britain, this study demonstrates how gender and race determined the quality and quantity of benefits received by Britons seeking state aid. Scholars of public policy, law, and political history will be interested by Noble's findings and theoretical implications.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135990947
• Artikelnr.: 42983905

Autorenporträt

Virginia Noble is partner at McGill and Noble Attorneys in Durham, North Carolina. She has taught at the University of North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. 1. Limits and Possibilities of Social Citizenship: The
Gendered Boundaries of National Insurance and Unemployment Benefit 2. "Not
the Normal Mode of Maintenance:" Bureaucratic Resistance to the Claims of
Lone Women 3. Reform and Deterrence: The National Assistance Board's
Strategies for Unemployed Men. 4. Paradoxes of Imperialism: Immigration,
Welfare, and Citizenship 5. "Dirt, Degradation, and Disorder:" Housing the
Homeless in London. Epilogue