Pa's Pension’
The Origins of Non-contributory Old-age Pensions in Late Colonial Barbados
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11944539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Seekings (0000-0002-8029-412X, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 529-547 |
| Publication date | 2007-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-6534 • E-ISSN: 1743-9329 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03086530701667476 |
| OpenAlex | W2152229031 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 13 |
In 1937–38 Barbados introduced old-age pensions for its poor, black population. This radical innovation – the first in a British colony – occurred in Barbados as part of a slow movement towards social (as well as political) reform, driven by a combination of reformist colonial officials and an emergent black political leadership against the opposition of the conservative white planter and merchant elite, in specific social and economic conditions. The proposed reforms predated not only the (Moyne) Royal Commission on the West Indies but also the riots that prompted its appointment. What the riots did was to strengthen the reformist coalition and weaken conservative opposition on Barbados. Old-age pensions were introduced in the face of reluctance in the Colonial Office. Imperial policy reform was not determined solely from London, but was sometimes driven from the colonial periphery
Colonial rule · Colonialism · Commission · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Elite · Opposition (politics · Pension · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Demography · History · Law · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |