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The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878-1948 (Hardcover, New)
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The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878-1948 (Hardcover, New)
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Based on much original research, this book examines in detail the
emergence of retirement as a social issue in the period 1878 to
1948, focusing in particular on the evolution of state pensions.
Important new insights are offered into the role of key
individuals, such as William Blackley, Joseph Chamberlain, and
Charles Booth and interest groups, such as the Charity Organisation
Society, the friendly societies, the labour movement and
pensioners' organisations. Subsequent sections examine the shift to
contributory pensions as part of the 'new Conservatism' of the
1920s, the debate on retirement pensions in the following decade,
the treatment of old age poverty by the inter-war social surveys,
and the concern over the 'burden' of an ageing population in the
late 1930s. The book concludes with a radical reinterpretation of
the 1942 Beveridge Report. This book promises to be the definitive
history of state pensions in Britain.
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