The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878-1948

Inbunden, Engelska, 1998

AvJohn Macnicol,University of London) Macnicol, John (Royal Holloway,John MacNicol

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Based on much original research, this book examines in detail the emergence of retirement as a social issue in the period 1878 to 1948, focusing in particular on the evolution of state pensions. Important insights are offered into the role of key individuals, such as William Blackley, Joseph Chamberlain, and Charles Booth and interest groups, such as the Charity Organisation Society, the friendly societies, the labour movement and pensioners' organisations. Subsequent sections examine the shift to contributory pensions as part of the 'new Conservatism' of the 1920s, the debate on retirement pensions in the following decade, the treatment of old age poverty by the inter-war social surveys, and the concern over the 'burden' of an ageing population in the late 1930s. The book concludes with a radical reinterpretation of the 1942 Beveridge Report. This book promises to be the definitive history of state pensions in Britain.

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Utgivningsdatum1998-08-13
Mått152 x 229 x 29 mm
Vikt810 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor438
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521622738

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Part I. The Campaign for Old Age Pensions: 1. Introduction; 2. The nineteenth-century background; 3. Blackley, Chamberlain and Booth; 4. The opposition of the Charity Organisation Society; 5. The attitude of the Friendly Societies; 6. The Labour Movement and the State; Part II. Contributory Pensions: 7. The First World War and the 1919 Ryland Adkins committee; 8. From 'all-in insurance' to contributory pensions; Labour's lost opportunity; 9. Neville Chamberlain, the 'New Conservatism' and the 1925 Act; Part III. The Debate on Retirement Pensions: 10. Labour and retirement pensions in the late 1920s; 11. PEP and retirement pensions in the 1930s: an ageing population; 12. Poverty surveys; Part IV. The Beveridge 'Revolution': 13. The pensions crisis of the late 1930s; 14. All-party pressure in the late 1930s: the Treasury enquiry and the 1940 Act; 15. The origins and working of the Beveridge Committee; 16. After the Beveridge report, 1942–8; 17. Conclusion.