Paternalism and Politics

The Revival of Paternalism in early Nineteenth-Century Britain

Kim Lawes

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2000
• Print ISBN:
  9781349410293
  9780333744741
• eBook ISBN:
  9781403919618
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

This book is about continuity and change in early nineteenth-century Britain. Against the background of an emerging industrial state, the popularization of liberal laissez-faire principles and the rise of a class-based society, it examines the revival of traditional paternal ideals and considers their influence upon the development of social policy. The poor laws, social distress, child labour and factory reform provide a focus for the analysis. The implications of the revival for the emergence of the collective or welfare state is an important theme.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Paternalism and Politics
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction: Michael Thomas Sadler and ‗the Revival of the Aristocratic Paternalist Ideal‘
• 1 Continuity and Change in the Revival of Paternalist Social Thought
• 2 Sadler’s Protectionist, Paternalist Social System and the Foundation of his Social Agenda
• 3 Parliamentary Debate of Social Issues, c. 1815–30: a Conflict between Liberal Utilitarianism and Aristocratic Paternalism
• 4 The ‗Sadlerian School‘: a Defence of Protectionist, Paternalist Ideals
• 5 Ireland, Distress and Social Instability: Sadler Endeavours to Direct the Government ‗to a Better Policy‘
• 6 Sadler’s Ten Hours Bill and Leadership of the Parliamentary Factory Reform Campaign
• Conclusion: Towards a Realization of the Paternalist, Collectivist Idea of the State
• Notes
• Index