Discovering child poverty : the creation of a policy agenda from 1800 to the present / [electronic resource]
Platt, Lucinda,author.
This book charts key British developments in child welfare, child poverty research and state support for children from 1800 to the present day. With direct quotations from key sources, it argues that even in the face of clear evidence of hardship the response of policy makers to child poverty has been ambivalent.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-136) and index.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Jan 2022).
Introduction : scope and argument of the book -- The conditions for child poverty : context and chronology -- A fit occupation for children? : children and work -- Workers of the future : the education of children -- Discovering child poverty : child poverty and the family to 1945 -- Rediscovering child poverty : child poverty and policy from 1945 -- Conclusion : child poverty on the agenda.
This book charts key British developments in child welfare, child poverty research and state support for children from 1800 to the present day. With direct quotations from key sources, it argues that even in the face of clear evidence of hardship the response of policy makers to child poverty has been ambivalent.
Poor children
Poor children
Child welfare