Class struggle and social welfare
By: edited by Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney
Contributors: Lavalette, Michael; Mooney, Gerry, 1960-
Series: The state of welfare
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2000
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Social policy
Description: "The collective struggles of the oppressed over welfare provision and welfare settlements have been ignored, yet such struggles punctuate recent British history. By bringing together a series of case studies of episodes of collective action, Class Struggle and Social Welfare aims to rediscover this 'hidden history'.".

"In chronological format, the book presents some of the most important struggles in the development of welfare and social policy from the early nineteenth century through to the present day." "Class Struggle and Social Welfare will be essential reading for those studying social policy, sociology, politics and history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-266) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Introduction : class struggle and social policy / Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney; title: Class struggle and the English Poor Laws / Mark O'Brien; title: Class struggle, self-help and popular welfare / Chris Jones and Tony Novak; title: Class struggle and the origins of state welfare reform / John Charlton; title: 'The Clyde Rent War!' : the Clydebank rent strike of the 1920s / Seán Damer; title: The making of a poor people's movement : a study of the political leadership of Poplarism, 1919-1925 / Alan Johnson; title: The 'two souls of socialism' : the labour movement and unemployment during the 1920s and 1930s / Laura Penketh and Alan Pratt; title: Housing and class struggles in post-war Glasgow / Charlie Johnstone; title: The struggle for abortion rights / Sue Clegg and Rita Gough; title: Riots and urban unrest in Britain in the 1980s and 1990s : a critique of dominant explanations / Rumy Hasan; title: 'No poll tax here!' : the Tories, social policy and the great poll tax rebellion, 1987-1991 / Michael Lavalette and Gerry Mooney; title: Identity politics or class struggle? The case of the mental health users' movement / Iain Ferguson