Distinction and disparity : the rise of discrimination in British Social Security Law
Distinction and disparity : the rise of discrimination in British Social Security Law
This thesis sets out to answer two questions, first, whether different treatment of men and women in the insurance and residence based benefits of the social security system increased, rather than decreased, in the period from 1908 to 1975 and, second, if so, why.
To find the answer to these questions the study examines and analyses the social security legislation of the period, the stated and unstated reasons for each change and the surrounding circumstances.
This analysis leads to the conclusion that there was a steady rise in different treatment throughout the period with almost no moves towards equal provision until its end. Examination of the causes identifies a number of recurring factors. Evaluation of the operation of these influences reveals the way in which they interacted and built one upon the other. Over and above this, different views at various times of what constitutes equality have affected the legislation which was made.
The thesis ends with a brief overview of the progress towards equality since 1975 and reviews the effect on this issue of the European Community Directive on the equal treatment of men and women in social security and the consequent case law of the European Court of Justice.
The questions explored in this thesis have not been previously raised (as far as it has been possible to ascertain) and deal with an aspect of the development of social security provision on which there is no published literature.
University of Southampton
Warry, Christine Margaret
1999
Warry, Christine Margaret
Warry, Christine Margaret
(1999)
Distinction and disparity : the rise of discrimination in British Social Security Law.
University of Southampton, Doctoral Thesis.
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This thesis sets out to answer two questions, first, whether different treatment of men and women in the insurance and residence based benefits of the social security system increased, rather than decreased, in the period from 1908 to 1975 and, second, if so, why.
To find the answer to these questions the study examines and analyses the social security legislation of the period, the stated and unstated reasons for each change and the surrounding circumstances.
This analysis leads to the conclusion that there was a steady rise in different treatment throughout the period with almost no moves towards equal provision until its end. Examination of the causes identifies a number of recurring factors. Evaluation of the operation of these influences reveals the way in which they interacted and built one upon the other. Over and above this, different views at various times of what constitutes equality have affected the legislation which was made.
The thesis ends with a brief overview of the progress towards equality since 1975 and reviews the effect on this issue of the European Community Directive on the equal treatment of men and women in social security and the consequent case law of the European Court of Justice.
The questions explored in this thesis have not been previously raised (as far as it has been possible to ascertain) and deal with an aspect of the development of social security provision on which there is no published literature.
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Published date: 1999
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Christine Margaret Warry
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