Social Security and wage poverty : historical and policy aspects of supplementing wages in Britain and beyond /: historical and policy aspects of supplementing wages in Britain and beyond. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Chris Grover.
• Authors: Grover, Chris, 1967-
• Contents: Cover ; Half-Title ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Wage Supplements and the New Poor Law; 3 Wage Supplements and Poor Relief in the 1920s: Norfolk's Agricultural Labourers; 4 Wage Supplements and Public Assistance in the 1930s: Lancashire's Cotton Weavers; 5 Family Allowance, the Rediscovery of Poverty and Rejection of Means-tested Wage Supplements; 6 Family Income Supplement: Reintroducing Means-tested Wage Supplements; 7 Family Credit, Wage Suppression and the 'Think Tank' 8 Tax Credits, Wage Worklessness and Child Poverty9 Universal Credit: Wage Supplements and Mini-jobs; 10 Minimum and Living Wages: Alternatives to Wage Supplements?; 11 International Experiences of Wage Supplements: New Zealand and the USA 185 12 Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 331.2/30941; Social sciences; Social security -- Great Britain -- History; Minimum wage -- Great Britain -- History; Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History; Family allowances -- Great Britain -- History; Income maintenance programs -- Great Britain -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations; Family allowances; Income maintenance programs; Minimum wage; Public welfare; Social security; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Social Policy; Social Science -- Poverty & Homelessness; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political economy; Central government policies; Development studies; Sociology: work & labour; Sociology; Economic policy; Welfare state; Poverty; Industrial sociology; Social policy; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Gender studies, gender groups; Great Britain; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137293978; 1137293977
• Related ISBNs: 9781137293961
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016).
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