{"product_id":"inferior-politics-joanna-innes-9780198867456","title":"Inferior Politics: Social Problems and Social Policies in Eighteenth-Century Britain","description":"\u003cem\u003eInferior Politics\u003c\/em\u003e explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Parliament proved capable of generating national legislation nonetheless-and provided a forum for debate even when it was impossible to mobilise consensus behind any particular plan. In this setting, there was a lively, and surprisingly inclusive, 'politics' of social policy-making, in which 'inferior' officers of government (what we might call 'local authorities') figured prominently. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book explores institutional structures which shaped these debates and their outcomes, and supplies several case studies of policy-making: one focussing on some of the less well-known activities of William Wilberforce, as he attempted to promote a national 'reformation of manners'; others featuring such apparently marginal figures as imprisoned debtors and a lowly (and bigoted) London constable. A central chapter explores the history of social and economic empirical enquiry from the invention of 'political arithmetic' in the later seventeenth century through to the first census of 1801, detailing similar interaction between government and private enthusiasts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing together three decades of the author's work, including two new essays, \u003cem\u003e Inferior Politics \u003c\/em\u003edemonstrates how Joanna Innes has significantly revised and extended our understanding of the ways and means of British domestic government, in an era marked by institutional continuity but continuing and vigorously debated social challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Innes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019886745X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198867456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Joanna Innes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944816050431,"sku":"9780198867456","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_42c7d624-bc9d-4947-90cd-55ff6c00bae5.jpg?v=1681505227","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inferior-politics-joanna-innes-9780198867456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}