The Beveridge report : blueprint for the welfare state / Derek Fraser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Derek, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in modern British history.

Routledge studies in modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, Baron, 1879-1963.

Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge, Baron.

Great Britain. Inter-departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services.

Great Britain.

Welfare state--Great Britain--History.

Welfare state.

Great Britain--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"This book provides the definitive account of the making of the 1942 Beveridge Report and its influence on wartime and post-war social policy. The Beveridge Report: Blueprint for the Welfare State aims to offer a definitive analysis of the famous document, so influential in the founding of the National Health Service and other bodies and which still resonates in current debates about "getting back to Beveridge" and a "Beveridge for the 21st Century". It is based on extensive research into the papers of the Beveridge Committee, official Government archives and the papers of contemporary politicians and groups. Published to coincide with the Report's 80th anniversary, the book is treated as a case study in policy formulation during the 1940s. Key features of the book include The first systematic review and assessment of the work of the Beveridge committee and the evidence submitted to it Detailed analysis of the enthusiastic reception of the Report and the government's lukewarm attitude A full survey of the detailed planning for welfare reform and Beveridge's role when excluded from it An assessment of the influence of Beveridge upon the creation of the Welfare State by Attlee's Labour Government This important text would be of interest to scholars of 20th-century Great Britain, social history, political history and contemporary politics and comparative health and education systems"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Endorsements

Contents

A note on prices

Preface

Introduction: Perspectives and purposes

1 Britain's social services pre-Beveridge

2 Wartime social policy

3 The Beveridge Committee at work

4 The Beveridge Report - the evidence submitted

5 The Beveridge Report - composition and content

6 The Beveridge Report - the response

7 Planning for welfare - without Beveridge

8 Beveridge Mark II - 'my goodness my Beveridge'

9 Beveridge enacted: Labour and the welfare state

Conclusion: The Beveridge Report - the legacy

Appendices

Appendix 1 Beveridge's paper to the employers

Appendix 2 Submissions with Beveridge Committee document reference and Appendix G citation

Appendix 3 23 principal changes recommended in the Beveridge Report

Appendix 4 The 19 questions set by the Reconstruction Problems Committee, December 1942 [PIN 8/115]

A note on sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781003167402

1003167403

9781000781601

1000781607

9781000781632

1000781631

OCLC:

1328142185