Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945 [electronic resource] : The London Charity Organisation Society /
Humphreys, R.author.
This volume challenges many widely held beliefs about the efficacy of the London Charity Organization Society. Politicians, social administrators, sociologists, economists, biographers and historians have been swayed by the strength of their propaganda. The Charity Organization Society continues to be used as an institutional model to illustrate the alleged advantages of voluntarism over state benefits. Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945 exposes the misleading nature of many of its claims. It explains why they were shunned by other charities, treated with suspicion by parish clergy, disregarded by poor law guardians and seen as little different from the stigmatized poor law by those in need.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-216) and index.
Machine generated contents note: List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- I Beginnings of the London Charity Organization Society -- 2 The First Five Years -- 3 Developments by the Turn of the Century -- 4 1900 Onwards - a Half-Century of Change and -- General COS Decline -- 5 Charity Organization outside London -- 6 Reasons for COS Decline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
This volume challenges many widely held beliefs about the efficacy of the London Charity Organization Society. Politicians, social administrators, sociologists, economists, biographers and historians have been swayed by the strength of their propaganda. The Charity Organization Society continues to be used as an institutional model to illustrate the alleged advantages of voluntarism over state benefits. Poor Relief and Charity 1869-1945 exposes the misleading nature of many of its claims. It explains why they were shunned by other charities, treated with suspicion by parish clergy, disregarded by poor law guardians and seen as little different from the stigmatized poor law by those in need.
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