TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shave,Samantha A.
TI  - Pauper Policies: Poor Law Practice in England, 1780-1850
SN  - 9781526106179
AV  - KD3310 .S53 2017eb
U1  - 942.07 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Poor
KW  - Services for
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Poor laws
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Pauvres
KW  - Services
KW  - Angleterre
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 19e siècle
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Europe
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-288) and index; Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Permissions; Abbreviations; 1 A policy process approach to the poor laws; The 'welfare process' and agency; A 'preoccupation' with administration?; The policy process; Policy-.making; Policy implementation; Policy development and change; Sources and the policy process; Notes; 2 Gilbert's Act: workhouses for the vulnerable; Gilbert's Act in the south of England; Why was Gilbert's Act adopted?; Relief provision under Gilbert's Act; The workhouse population; Relief provision to the vulnerableChildren; Aged, ill and infirm; Employing the 'vulnerable'; A space solely for the vulnerable?; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Restricting relief: the impact of Sturges Bourne's reforms; Sturges Bourne's Acts of 1818 and 1819; The adoption of Sturges Bourne's poor law reforms; Relief provision under Sturges Bourne's reforms; Inspecting the poor; 'Character and conduct'; The attack on outdoor relief; Renewed interest in workhouse policy; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Policies from knowledge networks; Under the old poor laws, c.1780-.1834; Correspondence; Visits; Contractors, the wealthy and the land stewardPublications; Under the New Poor Law, c.1834-.47; Boards of Guardians; The 'eyes and ears of Somerset House'116; The Commission's correspondence and publications; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Policies from scandal; Medical relief policy and the Bridgwater Scandal; Medical relief provision; The Bridgwater Scandal; Inquiries and impacts; The implementation of the General Medical Order; Workhouse employment policy and the Andover Scandal; Work in the workhouse and the controversy of bone-.crushing; Inquiries, the Andover Scandal and its impacts; The General Order prohibiting bone-.crushingConclusion; Notes; 6 Conclusion: reform and innovation; The implications of a policy process approach; Local ideas and policy transfer; National legislation; Policy-.making after 1834; Influences on the policy process under the poor laws; The policy process: a malleable approach; Notes; Appendix: Further details of identified Gilbert's Act Parishes and Unions in Table 2.2.; Select bibliography; Index
N2  - The first volume in some decades to undertake a study over both Old and New Poor Law eras, a period of rapid change in British welfare history
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