
Published online:
31 January 2012
Published in print:
23 February 2006
Online ISBN:
9780191734786
Print ISBN:
9780197263471
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Introduction Introduction
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The Old Poor Law as a Local Welfare System The Old Poor Law as a Local Welfare System
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The National Coordination of Local Welfare Systems under the Old Poor Law The National Coordination of Local Welfare Systems under the Old Poor Law
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Labour Mobility under the Old Poor Law Labour Mobility under the Old Poor Law
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The End of the Old Poor Law The End of the Old Poor Law
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Lessons from the English Experience of Poor Relief Lessons from the English Experience of Poor Relief
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References References
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Chapter
16. An Old Poor Law for the New Europe? Reconciling Local Solidarity with Labour Mobility in Early Modern England
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462–477
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Published:February 2006
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Solar, Peter M., and Richard M. Smith, 'An Old Poor Law for the New Europe? Reconciling Local Solidarity with Labour Mobility in Early Modern England', in Paul A. David, and Mark Thomas (eds), The Economic Future in Historical Perspective, British Academy Centenary Monographs (London , 2006; online edn, British Academy Scholarship Online, 31 Jan. 2012), https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197263471.003.0017, accessed 8 May 2025.
Abstract
This chapter focuses on welfare and pension benefits in the European Union. It describes how tensions between labour mobility and social solidarity affect the harmonization of social welfare regimes across the Union. An analogous situation existed at the time when a national Poor Law policy was first established. Research on how the Old Poor Law operated suggests that a number of features may be transposed to Europe in the twenty-first century. This research has itself benefitted from looking at the Old Poor Law in the broader context of the European experience with poor relief during these centuries.
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