“Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados
| dc.contributor.author | Seekings, Jeremy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-06T12:48:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-06T12:48:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-06T12:20:56Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | In 1937–38 Barbados introduced old-age pensions for its poor, black population. This radical innovation – the first in a British colony – occurred in Barbados as part of a slow movement towards social (as well as political) reform, driven by a combination of reformist colonial officials and an emergent black political leadership against the opposition of the conservative white planter and merchant elite, in specific social and economic conditions. The proposed reforms predated not only the (Moyne) Royal Commission on the West Indies but also the riots that prompted its appointment. What the riots did was to strengthen the reformist coalition and weaken conservative opposition on Barbados. Old-age pensions were introduced in the face of reluctance in the Colonial Office. Imperial policy reform was not determined solely from London, but was sometimes driven from the colonial periphery. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Seekings, J. (2006). “Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados. <i>The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19490 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Seekings, Jeremy "“Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados." <i>The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History</i> (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19490 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Seekings, J. (2007). ‘Pa's Pension’: The Origins of Non-contributory Old-age Pensions in Late Colonial Barbados. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 35(4), 529-547. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0308-6534 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Seekings, Jeremy AB - In 1937–38 Barbados introduced old-age pensions for its poor, black population. This radical innovation – the first in a British colony – occurred in Barbados as part of a slow movement towards social (as well as political) reform, driven by a combination of reformist colonial officials and an emergent black political leadership against the opposition of the conservative white planter and merchant elite, in specific social and economic conditions. The proposed reforms predated not only the (Moyne) Royal Commission on the West Indies but also the riots that prompted its appointment. What the riots did was to strengthen the reformist coalition and weaken conservative opposition on Barbados. Old-age pensions were introduced in the face of reluctance in the Colonial Office. Imperial policy reform was not determined solely from London, but was sometimes driven from the colonial periphery. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 SM - 0308-6534 T1 - “Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados TI - “Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19490 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19490 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03086530701667476 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Seekings J. “Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19490. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03086530701667476 | |
| dc.subject.other | Old-age pensions | |
| dc.subject.other | Barbados | |
| dc.title | “Pa’s pension”: The origins of non-contributory old-age pensions in late colonial Barbados | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |