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The English workhouse : a study in institutional poor relief in selected countries 1696-1750Hitchcock, Timothy V. January 1985 (has links)
Two appendixes have also been produced. The first lists all of the workhouses the location and date of foundation of which have been identified, and the second, all of the houses positively associated with Matthew Marryott either in the role of advisor or contractor.
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Utilitarianism, reform, and architecture : Edinburgh as exemplarQing, Feng January 2009 (has links)
Although the utilitarian character of modern architecture has been widely recognized, the relationship between Utilitarianism and architectural practice has not been adequately discussed. This thesis intends to contribute to this area with a historical study of the interaction of Utilitarianism and architectural practice in the social reforms of 18th and 19th century Britain. Edinburgh is used as an example to illuminate this historical process in more detail. From three angles: prison, poor relief and elementary education, this thesis discusses how Utilitarians influenced the reform process and how architecture was used as significant instruments to promote the reform schemes designed by Bentham and his followers. In prison reform, Bentham created the architectural model of the Panopticon to build a new punishment system based on disciplined prisons which could harmoniously align individual interest and public interest. He later introduced the same ideology and the Panopticon model into poor relief reform. Through the works of his followers, especially Edwin Chadwick, these Utilitarian ideas largely shaped the new poor relief system in Britain. Similar steps were later followed in elementary education reform. Together with the establishment of the national systems of poor relief and elementary education, a large volume of institutional buildings such as workhouses and board schools came into being, and many of them are still affecting our modern life. Based on these examples, this thesis ends with a theoretical discussion of the inadequacy of Utilitarianism as a complete ethical theory. Contrary to the optimism of Bentham and his 19th century followers, Utilitarianism is insufficient to be a practical guidance for everyday life. This inadequacy determines that Utilitarianism cannot provide a firm ethical foundation for architecture.
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The apostles of good police : science, cameralism, and the culture of administration in central Europe, 1656-1800 /Wakefield, R. Andre. January 1999 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.
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Explaining variations in municipal hospital provision in the 1930s : a study of councils in the far south westNeville, Julia January 2009 (has links)
Recent work has sought to explain the striking variations in municipal hospital provision in the 1930s by quantitative analysis. Such work has not so far provided a hypothesis which satisfactorily explains the range of variations found. This study, grounded in an analysis based on the Advocacy Coalition Framework and the results of three case studies of events in the county boroughs of Plymouth and Exeter and in Devon County Council, uses a qualitative methodology developed by iteration between a deductive approach drawing on recent work and an inductive approach using a computer-assisted analysis of primary source material and proposes a new hypothesis. The hypothesis developed is that where a local authority inherited a Poor Law workhouse as a result of the Local Government Act (1929) development would be more likely to occur in places where councillors exhibited strong progressive beliefs in accountability to the wider community and in their social responsibility towards that community; where they had successful experience of direct hospital provision in other fields; and when they had available a committed entrepreneur able to marshal support for change within the council. In addition to its empirical findings the study contributes to the development of public policy theory by suggesting improvements to the Advocacy Coalition Framework. Such improvements comprise recognition of the importance of ‘deep core’ as well as ‘policy core’ beliefs to policy change, consideration of path dependency as a significant method of policy learning, and of the roles of entrepreneurs and policy brokers. Finally the study draws attention to the relevance of the study to current practice in the implementation of public policy and proposes specifically that local NHS agencies should give greater prominence to identifying and supporting individuals with the skills of policy entrepreneurs.
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En jämförande analys över arbetsstugorna : -i Karlstad och Borås 1899-1928 ur ett genusperspektiv / A comperative analysis of workhouses : -in Karlstad and Borås from 1899-1928 from a gender perspectiveAndersson, Jemima January 2016 (has links)
This study examines how gender and the gender order used to be reproduced in “the kind of workhouses known as “arbetsstugor” in Swedish” in Karlstad and Borås 1899-1928. What ideologies and general notions of gender were expressed in their activities? I have made a comparative analysis of the workhouses in Karlstad and Borås using what is known as contextual contrasts. This method is used to test theories and hypotheses about what is locally unique or features that are shared between places. The hypothesis tested in the study is based on Hirdman's theory of gender contracts and “the law of separation” and it was formulated on the assumption that the traditionally more conservative Borås would also have a stricter policy on gender separation than the traditionally more liberal Karlstad. This study examines how gender and the gender order used to be reproduced in “the kind of workhouses known as “arbetsstugor” in Swedish” in Karlstad and Borås 1899-1928. What ideologies and general notions of gender were expressed in their activities? I have made a comparative analysis of the workhouses in Karlstad and Borås using what is known as contextual contrasts. This method is used to test theories and hypotheses about what is locally unique or features that are shared between places. The hypothesis tested in the study is based on Hirdman's theory of gender contracts and “the law of separation” and it was formulated on the assumption that the traditionally more conservative Borås would also have a stricter policy on gender separation than the traditionally more liberal Karlstad. This study examines how gender and the gender order used to be reproduced in “the kind of workhouses known as “arbetsstugor” in Swedish” in Karlstad and Borås 1899-1928. What ideologies and general notions of gender were expressed in their activities? I have made a comparative analysis of the workhouses in Karlstad and Borås using what is known as contextual contrasts. This method is used to test theories and hypotheses about what is locally unique or features that are shared between places. The hypothesis tested in the study is based on Hirdman's theory of gender contracts and “the law of separation” and it was formulated on the assumption that the traditionally more conservative Borås would also have a stricter policy on gender separation than the traditionally more liberal Karlstad. This study examines how gender and the gender order used to be reproduced in “the kind of workhouses known as “arbetsstugor” in Swedish” in Karlstad and Borås 1899-1928. What ideologies and general notions of gender were expressed in their activities? I have made a comparative analysis of the workhouses in Karlstad and Borås using what is known as contextual contrasts. This method is used to test theories and hypotheses about what is locally unique or features that are shared between places. The hypothesis tested in the study is based on Hirdman's theory of gender contracts and “the law of separation” and it was formulated on the assumption that the traditionally more conservative Borås would also have a stricter policy on gender separation than the traditionally more liberal Karlstad. This study examines how gender and the gender order used to be reproduced in “the kind of workhouses known as “arbetsstugor” in Swedish” in Karlstad and Borås 1899-1928. What ideologies and general notions of gender were expressed in their activities? I have made a comparative analysis of the workhouses in Karlstad and Borås using what is known as contextual contrasts. This method is used to test theories and hypotheses about what is locally unique or features that are shared between places. The hypothesis tested in the study is based on Hirdman's theory of gender contracts and “the law of separation” and it was formulated on the assumption that the traditionally more conservative Borås would also have a stricter policy on gender separation than the traditionally more liberal Karlstad.
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The administration of the Poor Law in the West Riding of Yorkshire (1820-1855)Rose, Michael E. January 1965 (has links)
No description available.
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The Poor Law in Bradford c. 1834-1871. A study of the relief of poverty in mid-nineteenth century Bradford.Ashforth, David January 1979 (has links)
During the last twenty years there has been a proliferation
of local studies of Poor Law administration, many of them concerned with the period of transition from the Old to the New Poor Laws.
This thesis complements other local studies; it offers a detailed
examination of Poor Law administration in and around the rapidly
expanding industrial town of Bradford. At the same time, the thesis
seeks to broaden the scope of such local studies by placing the Poor
Law more firmly within its local social, economic and political
context. Bradford's experiences are compared with those of other,
particularly northern, urban Unions, and for the period after 1848,
detailed comparison is made between Poor Law administration in the
neighbouring Bradford and North Bierley Unions.
Chapter 1 highlights those elements of Bradford's economic and
social structure likely to exert the greatest influence on Poor Law
administration. Chapter 2 examines administrative structures and
relief practices under the Old Poor Law, with particular reference to
the area's claim to-administrative efficiency. Chapter 3 examines
local reactions to the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act and traces the
history of Bradford's popular anti-Poor Law movement. Chapter 4
investigates the new administrative structure. Chapter 4(1) evidences
the occupational and political distinctions between the Borough and non-Borough Guardians, highlighting the political dimension of Poor
Law administration. Chapter 4(ii) analyses the mechanics of relief
distribution and Chapter 4(iii) examines the New Poor Law's'shaky
financial base. Chapter 5(i) looks at the fate of the principles of
1834 with regard to able-bodied paupers and at the debate surrounding
the introduction of the Outdoor Labour Test Order. Chapter 5(ii) deals
largely with the provision of outdoor medical relief. Chapter 5(iii)
examines the Workhouse regime and the treatment of particular groups
of inmates, such as the mentally ill and vagrants. The education provided for Workhouse children is compared with that available to
the independent poor. The Chapter concludes with a detailed
examination of the Workhouse debate of 1846-8. Chapter 5(iv) investigates
non-statutory relief provision in Bradford and attempts to assess its
qualitative and quantitative importance. Chapter 6 examines the
operation of the Law of Settlement, the workings of the non-resident
relief system and the immediate impact of the legislation of 1846-7.
Chapter 7 outlines the Poor Law authorities' involvement in bastardy
affiliation actions. Chapter 8 assesses the impact of the New Poor Law
and considers some of the major determinants of relief policy, including
a survey of local attitudes to poverty. Part One concludes with the
Union's division in 1848.
Part Two considers the more settled administration of the 1850s
and 1860s, building on the framework used in Part One. Chapter 9 looks
at the occupations, politics and conduct of business of the Bradford
and North Marley Boards of Guardians. Chapter 10 traces changes in
the system of distributing relief and in the Poor Law's financial base,
with particular reference to the financial reforms culminating in the
Union Chargeability Act of 1865. Chapter 11 pursues the able-bodied
debate, continues the earlier survey of outdoor medical relief and
examines the novel provision of education for the children of outdoor paupers.
Chapter 12 catalogues the erection of new Union Workhouses
in Bradford and North Bierley and traces their evolving role as general
pauper hospitals. Chapter 13 examines the enlarged contribution of
charities in Bradford while Chapter 14 surveys the continuing but reduced
impact of the Law of Settlement. Chapter 15 comments on the changes seen in the later period.
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