Inferior Politics : Social Problems and Social Policies in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Inferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Parliament proved capable of generating national legislation nonetheless-and provided a forum for debate even when it was impossible to mobilise consensus behind any p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Innes, Joanna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2009.
Colección:Past & present book series.
Temas:
1700-1799
History.
Social conditions
Social policy
Sociology & Social History.
Social Conditions.
Social Sciences.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century > Case studies.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social policy > Case studies.
Great Britain > Social policy.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle > Études de cas.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale > Études de cas.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale.
Great Britain
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Inferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Parliament proved capable of generating national legislation nonetheless-and provided a forum for debate even when it was impossible to mobilise consensus behind any particular plan. In this setting, there was a lively, and surprisingly inclusive, 'politics' of social policy-making, in which 'inferior' officers of government (what we mightcall 'local authorities') figured prominently. The book explores institutional structures which shaped these debates and their.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (383 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191571527
0191571520
1282732315
9781282732315

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