In the Shadow of Speenhamland: Social Policy and the Old Poor Law

In 1996, the U.S. Congress passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act that ended the entitlement of poor families to government assistance. The debate leading up to that transformation in welfare policy occurred in the shadow of Speenhamland—an episode in English Po...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Politics & society 2003-06, Vol.31 (2), p.283-323
Hauptverfasser:	Block, Fred, Somers, Margaret
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Economic History England Karl Polanyi Polanyi, Karl Paul Policy Political science Poverty Poverty alleviation Social History Social policy Social security Speenhamland Welfare Policy Welfare Reform Welfare state
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