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Inferior politics : social problems and social policies in eighteenth-century Britain /

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This work explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Despite the lack of consensus, there was a lively and inclusive 'politics' of social policy-making, in which 'inferior' officers of government figured prom...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Innes, Joanna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Series:Past & present book series.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Social policy.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Social policy > Case studies.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century > Case studies.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale > Études de cas.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Social conditions
Social policy
Great Britain
Sozialpolitik
Großbritannien
1700-1799
Geschichte 1700-1800
Electronic books.
Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This work explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Despite the lack of consensus, there was a lively and inclusive 'politics' of social policy-making, in which 'inferior' officers of government figured prominently.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 364 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780191571527
0191571520
0198201524
9780198201526
9780198867456
019886745X