http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/poor-laws Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:46:12 -0400 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:46:12 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1823/solving-poverty-by-reforming-moral-character-how-the-new-poor-law-failed-19th-century-british-society By Fiona D. Xu - The 19th century, a tumultuous period which saw a momentous change to a way of life, also saw the implementation of the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834, a decisive change in England’s relationship with its poor. The local parish based poor relief now became a national program run by the Poor Law Board, and what was a charity based model was tweaked into one focused on deterrence. Yet, as this paper argues, with all the good intentions with which these changes were implemented, the Poor Law Amendment Act ultimately failed to live up to its goal of lowering the number of impoverished citizens... Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:51 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1823/solving-poverty-by-reforming-moral-character-how-the-new-poor-law-failed-19th-century-british-society