The winding road to the welfare state: economic insecurity and social welfare policy in Britain

Economic Insecurity and Social Policy

Part I. Social Policy and Self-Help in Victorian Britain. Poor Relief, Charity, and Self-Help in Crisis Times, 1834-69

Social Welfare Policy, Living Standards, and Self-Help, 1861-1908

Unemployment and Unemployment Relief

Old Age Poverty and Pauperism

Part II. Constructing the Welfare State. Living Standards in Edwardian England and the Liberal Welfare Reforms

Social Welfare Policy and Living Standards between the Wars

The Beveridge Report and the Implementation of the Welfare State

What Was Gained.