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The framework within which the thesis is located isthe shift from the pre-eminence of the voluntary sectorin welfare provision in the nineteenth century to thesupremacy of the statutory services by the mid twentiethcentury; a position which is now changing.There are three sectio…

The thesis follows the development of charity, both as a theological concept and as the activity of increasing number of social institutions, over two centuries. The main narrative of the thesis follows these two themes, but it also identifies other background factors, particula…