Properties (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legislation
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| gptkbp:aimsTo |
reduce the cost of poor relief
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:England_and_Wales
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:Charles_Babbage
|
| gptkbp:controversy |
harsh treatment of the poor
|
| gptkbp:createdBy |
workhouse test
|
| gptkbp:criticism |
social reformers
|
| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
National Assistance Act 1948 |
| gptkbp:encouraged |
self-sufficiency among the poor
|
| gptkbp:established |
Board_of_Guardians
|
| gptkbp:format |
welfare reform
|
| gptkbp:hasDepartment |
outdoor relief
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834
|
| gptkbp:impact |
poor relief system
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
subsequent welfare policies
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
economic conditions of the time
|
| gptkbp:inspiration |
future welfare reforms
|
| gptkbp:installation |
centralized administration
|
| gptkbp:introduced |
workhouses
|
| gptkbp:isChallengedBy |
religious organizations
labor unions laborers socialists humanitarian groups |
| gptkbp:isCitedIn |
House of Commons
public forums academic circles |
| gptkbp:isCriticizedFor |
bureaucratic inefficiency
lack of compassion poor living conditions in workhouses inequality in treatment stigmatization of the poor |
| gptkbp:isExaminedBy |
local authorities
|
| gptkbp:isInfluencedBy |
industrial revolution
political economy theories Malthusian_theory |
| gptkbp:isLocatedIn |
urban areas
local parishes Poor Law Commissioners |
| gptkbp:ledTo |
public health issues
increased social stratification public debates on poverty changes in public attitudes towards poverty reform of local governance increased public scrutiny of welfare policies establishment_of_Poor_Law_Unions |
| gptkbp:replacedBy |
Old Poor Law
|
| gptkbp:requires |
able-bodied poor to work
|
| gptkbp:resultedIn |
increased poverty rates
|
| gptkbp:updates |
government oversight of poor relief
|
| gptkbp:wasPartOf |
gptkb:House_of_Lords
Poor Law system 19th-century social reform movements welfare_state_development Victorian_social_policy historical_context_of_poverty_in_Britain |
| gptkbp:wasSupportedBy |
government officials
landowners business interests conservative politicians economic liberals |
| gptkbp:yearEstablished |
1834
|