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The establishment and growth of the welfare state have had profound consequences in all areas of social and political life. But while working-class struggle has provided the impetus for its development, its administrative and policy forms have been shaped primarily by the needs of capital. In Class, Capital and Social Policy, Norman Ginsburg analyses the origins and functions of social security and housing policies from the nineteenth century to the present day and argues that their primary role has been to reproduce the labour reserve army, the patriarchal family and a disciplined labour force. Only secondarily and contingently has state welfare functioned as a means of mitigating poverty and providing secure and adequate accommodation.The author's most significant contribution to the understanding of the welfare state lies in his detailed account of the precise ways in which welfare administration can be shown to reflect the balance of class forces within society as a whole. In particular, he is able to produce compelling evidence that while organised working class power has influenced the administration of some aspects of welfare at the local level, this has been continuously co

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Author

Ginsburg, Norman

Publisher

Macmillan press

Published

1979

Language

EN

ISBN

9780333216002

Category

politics

Subjects

Social Science, Political Science, Social Services & Welfare

Updated

2026-03-25