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Unemployment and the State in Britain : The Means Test and Protest in 1930s South Wales and North-East England by Stephanie Ward (2013, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherManchester University Press

ISBN-100719086809

ISBN-139780719086809

eBay Product ID (ePID)166488920

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages

Publication NameUnemployment and the State in Britain : The Means Test and Protest in 1930s South Wales and North-East England

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

SubjectSociology / General, Social History, Poverty & Homelessness, Economic Conditions, Public Policy / Economic Policy

TypeTextbook

AuthorStephanie Ward

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

Dewey Edition23

Reviews...the author has made full use of primary sources in both regions, and she reaches significant conclusions.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.137942809043

Table Of ContentIntroduction Part I 1. Unemployment and the depression in interwar Britain Part II: 1931-34 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 Part III: 1935-41 5. The government attempts to take a stand: the establishment of the UAB and mass action 6. Towards the welfare state: class, community and the collective action, 1936-41 Conclusion Appendices Bibliography Index

SynopsisUnemployment 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 unemployed and the government and the nature of some of the largest protests of the interwar period.This study will appeal to students and scholars of the depression, social movements, studies of the unemployed, social policy and interwar British society. -- ., 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 unemployed and the government and the nature of some of the largest protests of the interwar period. This study will appeal to students and scholars of the depression, social movements, studies of the unemployed, social policy and interwar British society., Explores the impact of the highly controversial means test in south Wales and north-east England -- .

LC Classification NumberHD5766