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Welfare and the state Within this assignment I am going to set out two different approaches to the relief of poverty, explaning what each approach is and comparing the two in terms of their ideological underpinnings. I will finally assess both the strengths and the weaknesses. The 18th and 19th century was very different than our times now with very little help from the government mother's came solely responsible for children (Single Mums) and a man who married a single mum would have to agree to take on all her children. Poor people were not offered support. Because the drastic difference I have desided that my first approach to the relief of poverty that I am going to be discussing is the 1834 Victorian poor law. The poor law has been around before this period but was known as the 1601 Elizabethan poor law which was very religious based and set duties...

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