Inferior politics
Subtitle: social problems and social policies in eighteenth-century Britain
By: Joanna Innes.
Series: The past & present book series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780198201526
Subjects: Great Britain -- Social policy; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Social policy -- Case studies; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: This work explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Despite the lack of consensus, there was a lively and inclusive 'politics' of social policy-making, in which 'inferior' officers of government figured prominently.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.