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British social policy since 1945 / Howard Glennerster.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glennerster, Howard.
- Series:
- Making contemporary Britain
- Making contemporary Britain series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Social policy.
- Great Britain.
- Social policy.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 2000.
- Summary:
- This is a new edition of one of the most widely used texts on the history of social policy. Covering the period from the end of the Second World War to the present day, Howard Glennerster focuses on the 'Welfare State' to explore the myths that have shaped popular conceptions of social policy, and which continue to dominate current debates. The new edition includes: - an entirely new chapter on developments since the 1997 General Election.- completely updated and amended text, including greater coverage of the Thatcher period.- a new conclusion drawing out what is seen as a distinctively British social policy direction.- more cross-country comparisons.- a fully updated reference section.From the earliest days of the welfare state, to New Labour's reform commitments for the new century, Glennerster concludes that social policy can only ever be understood in the context of the political and economic concerns of the time.
- Contents:
- 1 The British Welfare State: Origins and Myths 1
- Origins 1
- The Basic Principles of the 1940s Welfare State 4
- The Myths 7
- A Re-evaluation 16
- 2 Beveridge: Founding Father? 18
- Beveridge: the Man 19
- The Ambition: a New Britain 20
- The Report: Radical, but did it add up? 26
- The Report's Main Proposals 33
- The Rejection of Beveridge? 36
- Family Allowances 37
- An Unsound Foundation 38
- 3 The Right to Health, Knowledge, Food, Shelter and Work, 1945-51 40
- Citizenship Rights? 40
- A National Health Service Created 42
- The New National Health Service 49
- Education For All 50
- The 1944 Education Act 55
- Labour's Policy 55
- Children 58
- Food Rationing 59
- Shelter 60
- Jobs for All 62
- Services for Citizens? 63
- 4 The New Conservatism and Social Policy, 1951-64 65
- Back to the Drawing Board 66
- Trying to Contain the Welfare State 70
- Inflation and Full Employment, an Early Warning 74
- Social Services: Wasted Years? 75
- Conservative Achievements 87
- 5 Completing the Post-war Agenda 1964-76, Part One: the Poor and the Poorest 88
- An Old Agenda 88
- What is New? 89
- Social Policy Moves Centre Stage 90
- Reforming Beveridge 95
- Labour Comes to Power 97
- Conservatives Reverse Engines, 1970 102
- Labour Tries Again 104
- Child Poverty Again 105
- Balance Sheet So Far 110
- 6 Completing the Post-war Agenda 1964-76, Part Two: from Equal Access to Equality? 112
- Health Care 112
- Social Work 116
- NHS Reform Again 119
- Education and the Pursuit of Equality 122
- Housing 130
- Race Relations 133
- Equal Pay 136
- 7 Morality, Family and the State: the Legacy of the Sixties 139
- Homosexual Law Reform 141
- Abortion 144
- Divorce 145
- Lone Parents 148
- Domestic Violence 150
- 8 The Party Over, 1976-88 153
- Labour 1976-9: Cuts and Fag Ends 161
- Containment, Continuity and Tentative Change, 1979-88 163
- Social Security Reform 165
- SERPS 168
- Housing Reform 171
- Continuities 172
- 9 New Directions, 1988-97 175
- A Radical Manifesto 176
- Housing Choice 179
- Standards in Education 181
- Student Loans 184
- A Poll Tax 185
- Health Service Reform 186
- Community Care 190
- Another 'Fundamental' Review 192
- Taxation 193
- Majorism 195
- The State and the Family 195
- Lone Mothers 197
- Children 202
- The End of an Era 203
- 10 New Labour: New Century 204
- New Government 204
- New Labour 205
- New Economy? 207
- New Spending Priorities 208
- New Goals-Budgets and Redistribution 209
- New Words-Social Exclusion 210
- New Deal 210
- New Pensions 214
- A New NHS? 217
- Long-Term Care: New Direction? 218
- New Ways to Fund Higher Education 220
- Schools and Pre-Schools - What's New? 221
- New Communities 222
- New Families 224
- Old Century, New Century 226
- Appendix Social Policy Ministries and Ministers 1940-2000 231.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0631220216
- 0631220224
- OCLC:
- 43708641
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