Titlebook: Unemployment, Welfare, and Masculine Citizenship; So Much Honest Pover Marjorie Levine-Clark Book 2015 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Ma

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“A reward for good citizenship”: National Unemployment Benefits and the Genuine Search for Workin the interests of national efficiency, whereas the Poor Law was “chaotic” and served to “breed pauperism.”. The Poor Law stripped honest men of their self-respect, but unemployment insurance would help the poor regain their manhood:

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Marjorie Levine-Clarkredundant and obsolete provisions. The 1959 Act remains the principal legislation, amended by the Highways (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1961, the Public Health Act 1961 (Part IV) and the Highways Act 1971.

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“So Much Honest Poverty”: Introductiond been out of work for long stretches and had used up their eligibility for national unemployment benefits. They met to discuss strategies for approaching local government bodies for assistance. The featured speaker of the gathering was James Wilson, the Labour Member of Parliament for Dudley. He ra

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Not “Weary Willies” or “Tired Tims”: The Work Imperative in the Poor Law World. Worst of all, the “full extent [of] the sufferings of a large proportion of the people” in the district would be difficult to ascertain, because they were “unwilling to parade their poverty, and would rather put up with a pinch than apply for pauper relief.” The “people” about whom the writer was

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“Married men had greater responsibilities”: The First World War, the Service Imperative, and the Sac Black Country men to urge them to enlist. Britain had declared war against Germany in the late summer of 1914, and, immediately, military recruiters began traveling the country to persuade men of the necessity of signing on. At the rally in Brierley Hill, a featured recruiter, Mr. Avers, cheered on

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“No right to relieve a striker”: Trade Disputes and the Politics of Work and Family in the 1920sderation dispute with employers, who sought to reduce wages and increase hours. The General Strike lasted nine days, during which time much of Britain’s transport and industrial base was shut down.. Anticipating the large numbers of resulting relief applicants, the Stourbridge Board of Guardians hel