Inferior politics [electronic resource] : social problems and social policies in eighteenth-century Britain / Joanna Innes.
Series: Past & present book series: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 364 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191674914 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Great Britain -- Social policy | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century | Great Britain -- Social policy -- Case studies | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Case studiesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198201526DDC classification: 320.6094109033 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online 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.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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 prominently.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.