The overlapping and interacting forces that caused a Conservative government to repeal the protectionist Corn Laws against its own political principles and economic interests: extensive qualitative and quantitative analysis.

Public health interventions often involve a trade-off between improving health and protecting individual rights. We study this trade-off in a high-stakes setting: prostitution regulations aimed at reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in Victorian Britain. These...

Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise of the Counter-Elite -- 2. The Recruiting Grounds of the Counter-Elite -- 3. School Meals and Medical Inspection -- 4. Child Welfare -- 5. Old Age Pensions -- 6. The Webbs and the Minority Report on the Poor Law -- 7. The Great...