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Changing attitudes to poverty, by Government and Society between 1834 and 1942
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Changing attitudes to poverty, by Government and Society between 1834 and 1942 Holly Exell 12/01/2006 Assignment 1 The Overall aim of this essay is to analyse and evaluate the changing attitude to poverty, by government and society between 1834 and 1942. This will be achieved through an examination of the following areas. a) The history of the Poor Law/Poor Law Amendment b) Philanthropic approaches and changes in public perception of poverty c) The Beveridge report d) Social Policy legislation with regard to poverty. The Poor Law of 1601 established the main features of the Poor Law for the following 233 years. The poor people of this period lived with humiliation, degradation and stigmatism. They would be forced to go into workhouses where the work was deliberately hard and unpleasant to discourage them from seeking relief from their parish. This was a Social Policy of control, Hierarchy of class, Fear, Misery and personal responsibility. In 1832 The Royal Commission on the...
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