Welfare`s forgotten past a socio legal history of the poor law

Charlesworth, Lorie

Welfare`s forgotten past a socio legal history of the poor law - London Routledge 2010 - 234p.

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : a history of forgetting -- Rights of the poor : towards a negative modernity -- Socio-legal juristic narratives : poor law's legal foundations -- Deconstructing from the negative : a critical historiography of legal [mis]conceptions -- Lived experience : the poor "speak" -- Paupers as textual analysis : exploring the settlement entitlement through little dorrit -- Lived experience : poor law administration -- Developments and transformation over time : dichotomising the poor -- The road to beveridge : eforming welfare -- End thoughts : on the transience of legal memory.

9780415477383

2009023687


England and Wales. Poor Relief Act (1601).


Poor laws--History.--England
Public welfare--Law and legislation--History.--England

KD3299 / .C48 2010

344.3250942 / CH-W

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