The return of the state : restructuring Britain for the common good / edited by Patrick Allen, Suzanne J. Konzelmann and Jan Toporowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Allen, Patrick, editor.

Konzelmann, Suzanne J., editor.

Toporowski, Jan, editor.

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Great Britain.

Economic conditions.

Politics and government.

Social policy.

Great Britain--Social policy--1979-.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing Limited, 2021.

Summary:

This book offers both a vision of a future Britain and a roadmap to getting there. It is now clear that the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK harder than other countries in Europe not least because of the government's ill-timed and ill-conceived response, but also because of the chronic failure of the state to fund public services adequately and to reduce societal inequality in the neoliberal decades since 1979. Pushed by crisis, the government has borrowed massively to save jobs, businesses and the economy from collapse, making a mockery of the austerity policies that it had vocally championed for a decade - policies that undoubtedly created a divided country and precipitated a Brexit vote that has since consumed parliament and stymied social progress. The role of the state is now in sharp focus: the contributors to this book assesses what that role should be and how it should be harnessed for the good of the British people in all four of its nations. They call for nothing short of a new settlement and a complete redesign of the economy. The contributors argue passionately and persuasively for a state that is properly funded, one that looks after its citizens regardless of age, class or ethnicity and enables them to live well. To do this requires the establishment of a functional, fair and green economy managed with a social and public purpose. Bringing together some of the brightest and most-engaged scholars and thinkers in the UK, this book offers solutions and suggestions for how to re-establish the strong state, how to generate a new social settlement and how to manage a long-term and equitable economic recovery post-pandemic. -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

2. Rentier capitalism: the role of finance in the macroeconomy / Patrick Allen

3. Post-pandemic health and well-being: putting equality at the heart of recovery / Robert Skidelsky

4. A second internationalism of labour / Richard Wilkinson / Kate Pickett

5. Affordable housing and a stronger economy / Geoff Tily

6. Post-Covid national health and care policies to ensure universal services / Josh Ryan-Collins

7. Reforming social care through a care-led recovery / Allyson M. Pollock / Louisa Harding-Edgar

8. The post-pandemic provision of education in the United Kingdom / Susan Himmelweit

9. An ownership revolution / Danny Dorling

10. Industrial strategy for post-Covid Britain: a renewed public purpose for the state and business? / Will Hutton

11. Restoring pensions collectivism: a new public pension for the UK / Marc Fovargue-Davies / Suzanne J. Konzelmann

12. When the invisible hand fails, the visible hand should step in! Urgent need for a UK National Investment Bank / Craig Berry

13. Revive the commons! / Stephany Griffith-Jones

14. The people's stake: inequality and "asset redistribution" / Guy Standing

15. Over-leveraged households need debt relief / Stewart Lansley

16. Reforming benefits: introducing a guaranteed income floor / Johnna Montgomerie

17. To restructure the British state, the international financial system must be transformed / Stewart Lansley

18. Coronavirus and the national debt / Ann Pettifor

19. Progressive tax reform / Jan Toporowski / Robert Calvert Jump

20. A progressive recovery / Jo Michell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1788213297

9781788213295

OCLC:

1175674988

Publisher Number:

99988321562