{"product_id":"the-politics-of-retirement-in-britain-1878-1948-paperback-9780521892605","title":"The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878–1948 (Paperback) 9780521892605","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878–1948\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA very important and thorough analysis of the debate on retirement and state pensions in Britain.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Macnicol (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521892605, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 18 April 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e436 pages, 10 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.7 cm, 0.704 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … an excellent, meticulously researched account of the development of policy towards pensions from the early campaigns which resulted in old age pensions in 1908 through to the welfare state … an excellent book on a vitally important topic.' Parliamentary History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBased 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. The Campaign for Old Age Pensions: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The nineteenth-century background\u003cbr\u003e 3. Blackley, Chamberlain and Booth\u003cbr\u003e 4. The opposition of the Charity Organisation Society\u003cbr\u003e 5. The attitude of the Friendly Societies\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Labour Movement and the State\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Contributory Pensions: 7. The First World War and the 1919 Ryland Adkins committee\u003cbr\u003e 8. From 'all-in insurance' to contributory pensions\u003cbr\u003e Labour's lost opportunity\u003cbr\u003e 9. Neville Chamberlain, the 'New Conservatism' and the 1925 Act\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Debate on Retirement Pensions: 10. Labour and retirement pensions in the late 1920s\u003cbr\u003e 11. PEP and retirement pensions in the 1930s: an ageing population\u003cbr\u003e 12. Poverty surveys\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Beveridge 'Revolution': 13. The pensions crisis of the late 1930s\u003cbr\u003e 14. All-party pressure in the late 1930s: the Treasury enquiry and the 1940 Act\u003cbr\u003e 15. The origins and working of the Beveridge Committee\u003cbr\u003e 16. After the Beveridge report, 1942–8\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912984486168,"sku":"9780521892605","price":47.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521892605i_d018dc13-d8f6-48ac-ad2a-fcf3ed860cbd.jpg?v=1691358957","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-politics-of-retirement-in-britain-1878-1948-paperback-9780521892605","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}