Citizen state and social welfare in Britain 1830 1990 In this book the late Geoffrey Finlayson presents a searching analysis of social welfare in Britain from 1830 until the present day. He explores the changing relationship between voluntarism and the state throughout this period unravelling the complex interactions of government commerce and individuals. He examines the provision of welfare and the attitudes and beliefs surrounding it in all its many guises from Victorian private philanthropy and informal social networks to the collectivist ideals of the Welfare State and the convictions of Thatcherite individualism. Citizen State and Social Welfare in Britain is in addition an intellectual study of the concept of citizenship over the last two centuries tracing developing notions of the duties and obligations implicit in the idea of the citizen as well as the rights and entitlements