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Abstract
This study uses data on income and distribution of relief payments from local poor relief tables for 512 rural parishes in Flanders (present-day Belgium) in 1807 to examine spatial variation in poor relief practices in a region characterised by well-established local poor relief institutions and marked socio-economic differences. By combining data on poor relief with local data on population, landholding and occupational structure, we map out the relative importance of regional economies and local variation in producing distinct poor relief regimes. The results show that although local variation was considerable, the nature and extent of this variation interacted with structural socio-economic characteristics to produce regional patterns, signalling that local variation did not so much contradict as constitute regional patterns in poor relief regimes. The importance of socio-economic characteristics in determining both regional patterns and local variation supports our more general contention that local and regional levels of analysis represent a more fruitful avenue for understanding variations in poor relief practices than national differences in legislation, and therefore has implications for the comparative study of poor relief practices in a wider international context.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 255-284 |
Number of pages | 30 |
Journal | Continuity and Change |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2018 |
Keywords
- History of social policy
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- 3 Finished
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FWOAL754: Paying for deservingness? Poor relief administration, entitlement and local economies in the Southern Low Countries, 1750-1830
Winter, A., Lambrecht, T. & Van den Broeck, N.
1/01/15 → 31/12/18
Project: Fundamental
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HERC29: STREAM - A spatiotemporal research infrastructure for Early Modern Flanders and Brabant
Winter, A., Devos, I. & Plettinck, G.
1/06/14 → 31/05/19
Project: Fundamental
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SRP27: SRP (Groeiers): The cradle of modernity? Social dynamics in the cities of Brabant and Flanders in a comparative and long-term perspective, 1350-1914
Winter, A., Buylaert, F., Baguet, J., De Koster, M., Ryckbosch, W., Van den Broeck, N., Verbeke, A., Feys, T., Deneweth, H., Horemans, B., Plettinck, G., Adriaens, M., Wauters, R., Vermeesch, G., Vanruysseveldt, V., Vervaeke, A. A., Everaert, J., Erkul, A., Volkov, V., Coppens, A., Debackere, E., Verbruggen, T., Loockx, K., Beeckaert, E., Saelens, W., Leloup, W., Degraeve, M. & Schepers, M.
1/03/14 → 28/02/19
Project: Fundamental
Activities
- 1 Participation in conference
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European Social Science History Conference
Nick Van Den Broeck (Participant)
30 Mar 2016 → 2 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference