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How far do you agree that economic concerns were the main reason why governments enacted social reforms towards the poor between 1830 and 1914?
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How far do you agree that economic concerns were the main reason why governments enacted social reforms towards the poor between 1830 and 1914? Between 1830 and 1914 the social reforms which British governments enacted to tackle poverty, changed dramatically causing a paternalistic state to transform into a strictly utilitarian society which in turn evolved into the foundations of a welfare state. As source one indicates, many claim that these dramatic changes were the reaction to economic concerns such as the poor rate and Britain's Great Depression. However, as source 3 clearly implies, there is a strong argument that other factors of political, external or social nature had a greater impact on why government attitudes and responses to the poor changed. Economic concerns had a crucial influence on social reforms enacted by the government as economic suffering appears to be the basis of many changes in government action towards the poor....
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