The Emergence of the Welfare State in Britain and Germany: 1850-1950 [Hardcover]

Originally published in 1981 The Emergence of the Welfare State in Britain and Germany 1850-1950 is an edited collection on the history and future prospects of the modern welfare state. It attempts to pave the way for an analysis of the problems of the welfare state and its historical origins, and the likely future that transcends the nation-state orientated historical accounts. This collection of essays seeks to promote an interdisciplinary approach to the problems of the welfare state in two industrial societies. So far historians and social scientists concerned with this field of research have tended to work in isolation from one another, without mutual exchange of knowledge and using different methods. This book attempts to give equal scope to both perspectives.

List of Tables  List of Figures  List of Abbreviations  Preface  Part I: The Historical Foundations of the Welfare State  1. The English Poor Law and the Origins of the British Welfare State  2. English Social Policy Around the Middle of the Nineteenth Century as seen by German Social Reformers  3. The Crisis of Poor Relief in England 1860-1890  4. Bismarcks Social Legislation: A Genuine Breakthrough?  5. The Origins of British National Insurance and the German Precedent 1880-1914  6. The British Business Community, Social Insurance and the German Example  7. German Industry and Bismarcks Social Security System  8. State and Unemployment in Germany 1890-1918 (Labour Exchanges, Job Creation and Unemployment Insurance)  Part II: Unemployment and the Crisis of the Welfare Policies in the Interwar Period  9. Keynes and the Treasury View: The Case for and Against an Active Unemployment Policy in Britain 1920-1939  10. The Crisis of German Unemployment Insurance in 1928/1929 and its Politicallc$