1. D. Fraser, The evolution of the British welfare state (London and Basingstoke 1984) xxi
2. Ibid. Foreword. The seven perspectives are labelled whig, pragmatic, bureaucratic, ideological, conspiratorial, capitalistic and democratic, xxii
3. See, for example, J. Mark-Lawson, M. Savage and A. Warde, Gender and local politics, ch. 11 in L. Murgatroyd et al, Localities, class and gender (London 1984);
4. Poor mothers in prosperous areas;Peretz,1987
5. Politics, locality and culture in 1920s Poplar;Rose,1987