Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Legacy of Charles Booth
- Influence on the welfare state
- 1908 Pensions Act
- 1907 Royal Commission on the Poor Law
- 'Life and Labour of the People in London'
- 1886-1903
- Survey of the lives and
occupation of London
- Landmark work in
social science
- Changed the view of the poor
- From stereotypes to
being based in
rationality
- Used data to show
the problem of
poverty
- Poor because of economics
not because of morality
- Charles Booth
- Philanthrophist
- Social investigator
- Business links to the
shipping trade
- 1840-1916
- Founding father of sociology
- Social inquiries to influence
opinion and policy