Inferior Politics: Social Problems and Social Policies in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Inferior Politics: Social Problems and Social Policies in Eighteenth-Century Britain
ISBN-10
0198201524
ISBN-13
9780198201526
Category
History
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2009-10-08
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Joanna Innes

Description

Inferior Politics 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 (what we might call 'local authorities') figured prominently.

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