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Less Eligibility: The Utilitarian Logic of Welfare Design The concept of less eligibility emerged from a specific philosophical approach to social welfare, designed to balance the need fo...
Read Less Eligibility: The Utilitarian Logic of Welfare DesignLabour Rate: A Short-Lived Experiment in English Poor Relief In the early 19th century, England struggled to balance the needs of its agricultural workforce with the costs of social welfa...
Read Labour Rate System of 19th Century EnglandWorkhouse Test and the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 In the early 19th century, the British government sought to reform the way it handled poverty and social welfare. This led to the creati...
Read Workhouse Test and the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834New Poor Law of 1834: Resistance and Social Impact In the early 19th century, the English government faced a growing crisis regarding the cost of supporting the impoverished. In the south...
Read New Poor Law of 1834: Resistance and Social ImpactPoor Law Repeals and Legislative Transitions in the UK The evolution of social welfare in the United Kingdom is marked by a massive shift from localized, parish-based relief to a centrali...
Read Poor Law Repeals and Legislative Transitions in the UKEnglish Poor Law System: A Timeline from Tudor Origins to 1948 Abolition The history of social welfare in England is deeply rooted in the Poor Law, a system of government-led relief desig...
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