| A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation Contributor(s): Fishback, Price V. (Author), Kantor, Shawn Everett (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226251632 ISBN-13: 9780226251639 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early Progressive Movement. Adopted in most states between 1910 and 1920, workers' compensation laws have been paving seen as the way for social security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and eventually the broad network of social welfare programs we have today. In this highly original and persuasive work, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions, arguing that, rather than being an early progressive victory, workers' compensation succeeded because "all" relevant parties--labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators--benefited from the legislation. Thorough, rigorous, and convincing, "A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation" is a major reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - History | United States - 20th Century - Business & Economics | Insurance - General |
| Dewey: 368.410 |
| LCCN: 99038648 |
| Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Long-Term Factors in Ec |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.31" W x 9.49" (1.30 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1920's |
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| Publisher Description: Workers' compensation was arguably the first widespread social insurance program in the United States and the most successful form of labor legislation to emerge from the early Progressive Movement. Adopted in most states between 1910 and 1920, workers' compensation laws have been paving seen as the way for social security, Medicare, unemployment insurance, and eventually the broad network of social welfare programs we have today. In this highly original and persuasive work, Price V. Fishback and Shawn Everett Kantor challenge widespread historical perceptions, arguing that, rather than being an early progressive victory, workers' compensation succeeded because all relevant parties--labor and management, insurance companies, lawyers, and legislators--benefited from the legislation. Thorough, rigorous, and convincing, A Prelude to the Welfare State: The Origins of Workers' Compensation is a major reappraisal of the causes and consequences of a movement that ultimately transformed the nature of social insurance and the American workplace. |