This 'Very Short Introduction' discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological,

"This ... new history tells the story of one [of] the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare s

A comparative analysis of social policies in Britain and France between 1914 and 1945.

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This book presents new translations of the earliest known studies in Social Policy. Juan-Luis Vives's De Subventione Pauperum (On the Relief of the Poor) is an