Paternalism and Politics: The Revival of Paternalism in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain

ISBN-13: 9780312231163 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 229 str.

Dr Kim Lawes

Opis

This book is about continuity and change in early nineteenth-century Britain. Against the background of an emerging industrial state, the popularization of liberal laissez-faire principles, and the rise of a class-based society, it examines the revival of traditional paternal ideals and considers their influence upon the development of social policy. Poor laws, social distress, child labor, and factory reform provide a focus for the analysis. The implications of the revival for the emergence of the collective or welfare state is an important theme.

O autorze

Kim Lawes is Associate Lecturer in the School of Classics, History, and Religion at the University of New England.