Eric Briggs
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eric Briggs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eric |
| FAMILY NAME | Briggs |
| SIGNATURE | BRIGGS E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southampton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Myth of the Pauper Disqualification
Local Democracy and Central Policy: The Issue of Pauper Votes in the 1920s
It was axiomatic throughout the greater part of the nineteenth century that anyone who received public assistance should suffer a reciprocal loss of civil rights. The fundamental principle of the New Poor Law that the condition of the pauper should remain ‘less eligible’ than that of the poorest independent labourer obviously involved exclusion from the franchise. Indeed, it had long been the common law of Parliament that any person dependent for…
The Creation of the Unemployment Assistance Board
The creation of the Unemployment Assistance Board in 1934 was an event of constitutional as well as political significance. The transfer of responsibility for the administration of unemployment assistance to a Board whose members were neither drawn from, nor directly answerable to Parliament raised important issues of ministerial responsibility and Parliamentary control. Consequently much of the literature upon the early operation of the Board ha…
The Creation of the Unemployment Assistance Board
The creation of the Unemployment Assistance Board in 1934 was an event of constitutional as well as political significance. The transfer of responsibility for the administration of unemployment assistance to a Board whose members were neither drawn from, nor directly answerable to Parliament raised important issues of ministerial responsibility and Parliamentary control. Consequently much of the literature upon the early operation of the Board ha…
Local Democracy and Central Policy: The Issue of Pauper Votes in the 1920s
It was axiomatic throughout the greater part of the nineteenth century that anyone who received public assistance should suffer a reciprocal loss of civil rights. The fundamental principle of the New Poor Law that the condition of the pauper should remain ‘less eligible’ than that of the poorest independent labourer obviously involved exclusion from the franchise. Indeed, it had long been the common law of Parliament that any person dependent for…
The Creation of the Unemployment Assistance Board
The creation of the Unemployment Assistance Board in 1934 was an event of constitutional as well as political significance. The transfer of responsibility for the administration of unemployment assistance to a Board whose members were neither drawn from, nor directly answerable to Parliament raised important issues of ministerial responsibility and Parliamentary control. Consequently much of the literature upon the early operation of the Board ha…
Local Democracy and Central Policy: The Issue of Pauper Votes in the 1920s
It was axiomatic throughout the greater part of the nineteenth century that anyone who received public assistance should suffer a reciprocal loss of civil rights. The fundamental principle of the New Poor Law that the condition of the pauper should remain ‘less eligible’ than that of the poorest independent labourer obviously involved exclusion from the franchise. Indeed, it had long been the common law of Parliament that any person dependent for…
The Myth of the Pauper Disqualification
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Parliament (2 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Assertion (1 works) · Australian History and Society (1 works)