Pauper Policies

Poor Law Practice in England, 1780–1850

Samantha A. Shave

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English

Manchester University Press
04 April 2017

British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Social security & welfare law

Pauper policies examines how policies under the old and New Poor Laws were conceived, adopted, implemented, developed or abandoned. This fresh perspective reveals significant aspects of poor law history which have been overlooked by scholars. Important new research is presented on the adoption and implementation of 'enabling acts' at the end of the old poor laws; the exchange of knowledge about how best to provide poor relief in the final decades of the old poor law and formative decades of the New; and the impact of national scandals on policy-making in the new Victorian system. Pointing towards a new direction in the study of poor law administration, it examines how people, both those in positions of power and the poor, could shape pauper policies. It is essential reading for anyone with an interest in welfare and poverty in eighteenth and nineteenth-century England. -- .

By: Samantha A. Shave
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 517g
ISBN: 9780719089633
ISBN 10: 0719089638
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 04 April 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: pauper policies 1. A policy process approach to the poor laws 2. Gilbert's Act: workhouses for the vulnerable 3. Restricting relief: the impact of Sturges Bourne's reforms 4. Policies from knowledge networks 5. Policies from scandal 6. Conclusion: reform and innovation Appendix Select bibliography Index -- .

Samantha A. Shave is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Lincoln

Reviews for Pauper Policies: Poor Law Practice in England, 1780–1850

'Pauper policies presents exciting new research on the English Poor Laws before and after the Amendment Act of 1834. This original study of an institution that lay at the heart of life for many centuries is empirically rich and analytically engaging. Shave's book provides a superb example of how painstaking archival work opens the possibility of deeper understanding of a wide range of cognate areas of social and political life. Beautifully written and clearly argued, this is an excellent addition to the scholarship.' Emma Griffin, University of East Anglia -- .