Argues that although the collective struggles of the oppressed over
welfare provision and welfare settlement have been ignored, such
struggles punctuate recent British history. By presenting a series
of case-studies of episodes of collective action from the field of
social policy and social welfare, this text aims to rediscover this
"hidden history". Organized chronologically, it covers important
welfare struggles from the early 19th century. Some of the issues
covered are: the growth of capitalism; the development of the poor
laws and the anti-poor law movement; working class self-help
welfare in the 19th century; rent-strikes on the Clyde in 1920s;
the squatters movement in the 1950s; the struggle for abortion
rights; an analysis of the urban riots in the 1980s; the great poll
tax rebellion. "Class Struggle and Social Welfare" should be of
interest for those studying social policy, sociology, politics and
history. welfare provision and welfare settlement.
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