Less eligibility

…The administrative unit was expanded to parish unions. It was based on the principle of harsh workhouse confinement, which prohibited able poor people from being placed in homes, and the principle of less eligibility, which limited relief to a standard below that of the lowest class of independent laborers. The latter principle attributed the cause of poverty to individuals rather than to society, and in effect meant the refusal of human relief. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…行政単位は教区連合parish unionに拡大された。有能貧民の居宅保護を禁止する過酷な労役場収容の原則，救済を最下級の独立労働者の生活以下に抑える劣等処遇less eligibilityの原則などの上に立っている。後者は，貧困原因を社会ではなく個人に帰し，実質上人間的救済の拒否を意味していた。…

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