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- Title
Social Judgements and Social Policy.
- Authors
Brown, John
- Abstract
This article presents a response to the comments made by scholar Tervor Lummis on the paper "Charles Booth and Labor Colonies in 1889-1905." Lummis directly or indirectly raises some general points, discussion of which was limited by lack of space in the original article. His position is unclear, especially on the relationship between scholar Charles Booth's views and those of his contemporaries. He seems to accept, if only by implication, that Edwardian legislation was molded by distinctive moral assumptions; that a major influence behind it was the discussion of policy by those whose social investigations had given them the status of acknowledged experts; and that in their views a preoccupation with the effects of environment on character can be seen. He appears at times to suggest that Booth, in spite of the deference paid to him and the constant reference to his work, was isolated from contemporary opinion by his greater objectivity. Nevertheless, Lummis does discuss Booth's influence, which he sees almost entirely in traditional terms: it ended the confusion between moral and social problems and supplied new economic criteria for the determination of policy.
- Subjects
UNEMPLOYMENT; AGRICULTURAL colonies; BOOTH, Charles, 1840-1916; JUDGMENT (Psychology); GOVERNMENT policy; IMPERIALISM; FILIBUSTERS (Political science); SOCIAL problems
- Publication
Economic History Review, 1971, Vol 24, Issue 1, p106
- ISSN
0013-0117
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2593644