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The Work Connection: The Role of Social Security in British Economic Regulation
Grover, Chris, Stewart, John
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Description for The Work Connection: The Role of Social Security in British Economic Regulation
Hardcover. With a discussion of the "Speenhamland System", the struggle for Family Allowance and a National Minimum Wage, this book shows how successive governments have used in-work benefits so that they have become the preferred instrument of intervention in the labour market for setting wages. Editor(s): Campling, Jo. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JHBL; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 495.
The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. From discussion of the 'Speenhamland System', the struggle for Family Allowance and a National Minimum Wage, they show how first a Conservative government in the 1970s, and more recently 'New Labour', have used in-work benefits so that today they have become the preferred instrument of intervention in the labour market for setting wages. The authors discuss the ways in which these measures - the new deals for lone parents and young people and the working family tax credit - address issues of child poverty and the ... Read more
The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. From discussion of the 'Speenhamland System', the struggle for Family Allowance and a National Minimum Wage, they show how first a Conservative government in the 1970s, and more recently 'New Labour', have used in-work benefits so that today they have become the preferred instrument of intervention in the labour market for setting wages. The authors discuss the ways in which these measures - the new deals for lone parents and young people and the working family tax credit - address issues of child poverty and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
233
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333754436
SKU
V9780333754436
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99-15
About Grover, Chris, Stewart, John
CHRIS GROVER is Lecturer in Applied Social Science in the Department of Applied Social Science, Lancaster University. JOHN STEWART is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Applied Social Science, Lancaster University.
Reviews for The Work Connection: The Role of Social Security in British Economic Regulation
'It is well-written, it presents its arguments clearly and concisely, and a great deal of detailed evidence is presented in support of specific claims...I strongly recommend this book...' - Peter Dwyer, University of Leeds, Social Policy