Unemployment and the state in Britain : the means test and protest in 1930s south Wales and north-east England /

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Unemployment and the state in Britain offers an important and original contribution to understandings of the 1930s. Through a comparative case study of south Wales and the north-east of England, the book explores the impact of the highly controversial means test, the relationship between the unemplo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ward, Stephanie (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Unemployment > England, North East > History > 20th century.
Unemployment > Wales, South > History > 20th century.
Means tests > Social aspects > England, North East > History > 20th century.
Means tests > Wales, South > History > 20th century.
Unemployed > England, North East > Social conditions > 20th century.
Unemployed > Wales, South > Social conditions > 20th century.
Examen des ressources (Sécurité économique) > Aspect social > Angleterre (Nord-Est) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Examen des ressources (Sécurité économique) > Pays de Galles (Sud) > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Chômeurs > Angleterre (Nord-Est) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Chômeurs > Pays de Galles (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Means tests.
Unemployed > Social conditions.
Unemployment.
England > England, North East.
South Wales.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Unemployment and the depression in interwar Britain
  • 2. Defiance and disobedience: local government, the unemployed and Whitehall
  • 3. Accusations, image and experience: the effects of the means test, 1931-34
  • 4. Taking a stand: the response of the unemployed 1931-34
  • 5. The government attempts to take a stand: the establishment of the UAB and mass action
  • 6. Towards the welfare state: class, community and collective action, 1936-41.

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