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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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From the mid-eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century, the English Old Poor Law was waning, soon to be replaced by the New Poor Law and its dreaded workhouses. In Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s Steven King reveals colourful stories of poor people, their advocates, and the officials with whom they engaged during this period in British history, distilled from the largest collection of parochial correspondence ever assembled. Investigating the way that people experienced and shaped the English and Welsh welfare system through the use of almost 26,000 pauper letters and the correspondence of overseers in forty-eight counties, Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s reconstructs the process by which the poor claimed, extended, or defended their parochial allowances. Challenging preconceptions about literacy, power, social structure, and the agency of ordinary people, these stories suggest that advocates, officials, and the poor shared a common linguistic register and an understanding of how far welfare decisions could be contested and negotiated. King shifts attention away from traditional approaches to construct an unprecedented, comprehensive portrait of poor law administration and popular writing at the turn of the nineteenth century. At a time when the western European welfare model is under sustained threat, Writing the Lives of the English Poor, 1750s-1830s takes us back to its deepest roots to demonstrate that the signature of a strong welfare system is malleability.

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"This book focuses on the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) in affluent countries and examines the challenge of how to address the needs of deprived population groups in wealthy societies. The BOP concept was originally developed for the situation of the bottom-tier of societies in developing and emerging countries. It presents an avenue for businesses and other organisations to develop opportunities and new business models that enable and empower those at the BOP. This book adapts BOP models to the context of affluent countries. BOP projects present also in affluent countries promising avenues for businesses, entrepreneurs, and civil society actors to become agents of change through value creation and business models that enable the BOP population to raise their socio-economic welfare and well-being. This book thus furthers our understanding of the characteristics of BOP markets and BOP initiatives in affluent countries, an area widely ignored by BOP scholars so far. It discusses challenges and opportunities of how to mitigate poverty and increase welfare in a sustainable manner while protecting vulnerable groups, and describes several instances of the lives of those affected. The different chapters employ a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to lay a first foundation for BOP research in affluent countries. This book is recommended reading for managers and policy makers, as well as students and academics interested in the Base of the Pyramid"--

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