Social Welfare in Britain 1885-1985 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Section A: 1885-1940 -- Introduction -- Political Economy and Social Policy -- A1 The Radical Programme, 1885 -- A2 The Case for Compulsion, 1912 -- A3 Macmillan: The End of Radical Reformism, 1939 -- Public Economy and Social Welfare -- A4 The Geddes 'Axe', 1921 -- A5 Public Economy and Personal Responsibility: A Response to Geddes, 1922 -- A6 The May Committee: Cuts in Social Services and the Means Test, 1931 -- A7 A Response to the National Economy Bill, 1931 -- The Administration of Welfare -- A8 Old Age Pensions: Contributory or Non-contributory, 1908 -- A9 For Breaking up the Poor Law, 1909 -- A10 And Against, 1909 -- A11 Outdoor Relief or Home Assistance, 1909 -- A12 Introducing Unemployment Insurance, 1911 -- A13 Alternative Means of Providing for Family Allowances, 1924 -- A14 For 'Approved Societies' in National Health Insurance, 1926 -- A15 And Against, 1926 -- A16 Principles of Unemployment Assistance, 1935 -- A17 A Comment on the 'Standstill', 1935 -- Tests of Need or Desert -- A18 Old Age Pensions: The Case for Selectivity and Tests, 1895 -- A19 Charles Booth and the Case for Universality, 1895 -- A20 Groups to be Excluded from Old Age Pensions, 1908 -- A21 National Health Insurance: Only for the Breadwinner, 1911 -- A22 The Unemployed and the 'Genuinely Seeking Work' Clause, 1929 -- The Role of Charity and Voluntary Effort -- A23 Octavia Hill on the Consequences of Charity, 1888 -- A24 The 'Errors' of the Charity Organisation Society, 1911 -- A25 Canon Barnett on Charity Up-to-date, 1912 -- A26 Weaknesses of the Voluntary Hospitals, 1922 -- Identification of Problems -- A27 The Unemployed: The Chamberlain Circular, 1886 -- A28 The 'Cab-Horse Charter', 1890 -- A29 Rowntree on Working-class Living Standards in 1899.

A30 Rowntree on Working-class Living Standards in 1936 -- A31 Providing School Meals, 1904 -- A32 Beveridge on Unemployment, 1909 -- A33 Beveridge on Unemployment, 1930 -- A34 The Housing Shortage and the State, 1917 -- A35 Tawney on Secondary Education for All, 1922 -- Section B: 1940-85 -- Introduction -- The 1940s -- B1 A Programme for a Democratic Socialist Party, 1940 -- B2 Beveridge: Principles of Recommendations, 1942 -- B3 Beveridge: Social Security and Social Policy, 1942 -- B4 Educational Reconstruction, 1943 -- B5 General Conditions of a High and Stable Level of Employment, 1944 -- B6 Rebuilding Britain: The Long-term Programme, 1945 -- B7 Bevan on the National Health Service, 1946 -- General Issues in Social Policy -- B8 A Joint Framework for Social Policies, 1975 -- B9 Population and the Social Services, 1977 -- B10 Demography and Social Security: The Next Forty Years, 1985 -- B11 Public Expenditure: Future Prospects, 1984 -- Politics and Social Policy -- B12 The Right Road for Britain, 1949 -- B13 One Nation, 1950 -- B14 The Welfare State, 1952 -- B15 Equality and Opportunities, 1956 -- B16 The Future of the Welfare State, 1958 -- B17 Enoch Powell: The Welfare State, 1961 -- B18 Agreement on More Spending, 1973 -- B19 Politics and Public Spending, 1978 -- Principles and Techniques of Resource Allocation -- B20 Crosland: Universality and Social Equality, 1956 -- B21 Titmuss: The Real Challenge in Welfare, 1968 -- B22 Seldon: Universal and Selective Benefits? 1968 -- B23 Universality and Selectivity-Ideological Irrelevancies, 1971 -- Social Policy and Poverty -- B24 Titmuss: The Need for a New Approach, 1962 -- B25 Abel-Smith and Townsend: The Rediscovery of Poverty, 1965 -- B26 The Cycle of Disadvantage, 1976 -- B27 Townsend: Stratification and Resources, 1979 -- B28 The Causes of Poverty, 1979.

B29 Townsend and the Concept of Poverty: A Critique, 1983 -- Political Economy and Social Welfare -- B30 Sir Keith Joseph on Social Security: The New Priorities, 1966 -- B31 Negative Sum Welfare/Efficiency Interactions, 1979 -- B32 Joseph and Sumption: Poverty is not Unfreedom, 1979 -- B33 Breaking the Spell of the Welfare State, 1981 -- B34 Thatcherism and the Welfare State, 1983 -- B35 Socialist and Communist Social Policy, 1983 -- B36 Equality, Markets and the State: Democratic Equality, 1984 -- B37 The Reform of Social Security: A New Approach, 1985 -- Section C: Statistics -- C1 Age Distribution of the Population of the United Kingdom: 1871-1981 -- C2 Crude Birth and Death Rates, 1885-1982 -- C3 Causes of Death in the United Kingdom: 1913, 1938, 1981 -- C4 Local Authority Expenditure on Poor Relief: England and Wales, 1885-1949 -- C5 Numbers Receiving Old Age Pensions: 1914, 1932, 1952, 1982 -- C6 Insured Unemployed, 1885-1982 -- C7 Housing Stock and Forms of Occupancy: 1911, 1951, 1981 -- C8 Public Expenditure on Welfare Services: 1949/50 and 1958/9 -- C9 Public Expenditure on Welfare Services: 1972/3 and 1981/2 -- C10 Expenditure on the National Health Service and on Education, 1980-1 -- Some Further Reading -- Index.