History A-Level
Deterrence and less eligibility
What Deterrence and less eligibility means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Workhouse conditions had to be deliberately worse than the lowest paid independent labourer's life, to push the able-bodied into work and deter pauperism.
Topics that use Deterrence and less eligibility
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 4 Poverty and pauperism, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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