British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century

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This thematic and historical overview provides a guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and informal welfare sectors in 20th-century Britain, outlining the dominant ideas about welfare in the period in question. It offers a bridge between historical and contemporary concerns, drawing out some of the premises of courses in the history of social policy and illuminating the social, political and economic dimensions of its subject.

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'...in its conception and structure the book fills one of those genuine gaps in the student market.' - Rodney Lowe, Cambridge University Journal

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ROBERT M. PAGE is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Leicester. His books include Stigma and Altruism and the British Welfare State, and Modern Thinkers on Welfare, which he co-edited with Vic George. RICHARD L. SILBURN worked for many years as a university teacher and researcher. He is now a freelance scholar and research consultant. He has written extensively on issues of poverty and social security.