The caprice of a local board of guardians’
Geographies of new poor law procurement in England and Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8419618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas H L Brown (0000-0002-5360-7274, Geography, Geology and the Environment, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 225-248 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076791.2018.1563597 |
| OpenAlex | W2905439770 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Following poor law amendment in 1834, unions of parishes bought enormous quantities of goods to feed and clothe their paupers. As institutional poor relief grew dramatically during the nineteenth century, the role of poor law unions as customers in their local economies expanded. Suppliers were not subject to central government’s rules, so the unions to whom they sold enjoyed some freedom in their contractual arrangements – in stark contrast to the restrictions surrounding almost every other aspect of unions’ practices. This enabled a unique business atmosphere to develop. Poor law procurement was therefore embedded in social, as well as economic, geographies
Business · Economics · Government (linguistics · Local government · Management · Political science · Procurement · Sociology · Subject (documents · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Law · Scottish History and National Identity
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Local Government in England
Professionalism and Bureaucracy
Local Power and State Regulation in Nineteenth Century Britain
IV. Finance and Politics in Urban Local Government in England, 1835–1900
Introduction
A Computer Movie Simulating Urban Growth in the Detroit Region
From Poverty to Perversity
Great Transformation
Pauper Policies
The Workhouse System, 1834-1929
The Allowance System under the New Poor Law
John Burns at the Local Government Board
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |