Public social and welfare spending in the UK, 1830-1950 : explanations from data and trends

This thesis analyses the growth of UK public social and welfare spending (PSS) for 1830-1950 on the basis of a specially constructed dataset, itself a major resource for further research. The data are summarised to establish trends over two sub-periods, 1830-90, and 1890-50, with testing and assessm...

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Main Author: Earley, Martin Francis
Published: University of Bristol 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.573746