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Disability and the welfare state in Britain : changes in perception and policy 1948-79 / Jameel Hampton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hampton, Jameel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Government policy--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- People with disabilities.
- People with disabilities--Services for--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Public welfare--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Public welfare.
- Great Britain--Social policy.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign.
- Contents:
- Failures of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act
- Conclusion
- 7. The last waltz: epilogue
- 8. Conclusions
- Personal social services and personal welfare
- Mixed economy of welfare
- The welfare of disabled people and the governments of the period
- The welfare state
- Appendix: Ministerial periods of office
- Bibliography
- Archives and collections
- Newspapers and periodicals
- Audio sources
- Dissertations
- Parliamentary debates
- Parliamentary papers
- Articles, monographs and printed sources
- Index.
- Intro
- DISABILITY AND THE WELFARE STATE IN BRITAIN
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of acronyms
- About the author
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- The 'general classes' of disabled people
- Disability and the welfare state
- Personal Social Services
- Disablement Income Group
- Disability and social policy
- Outline of the chapters
- 2. The old regime: provision for disabled people before the welfare state
- The Old Poor Law (Poor Law Act 1601)
- The New Poor Law (Poor Law Amendment Act 1834)
- Specialisation in the welfare of disabled people (late 19th century to the Second World War)
- 3. Promotional welfare, 1948-63
- Introduction
- The shallow spot in solidarity: disabled people and the welfare state settlement
- Make do and mend: provision in services
- Voluntary organisations and disabled people: a 'golden vein'
- 'Discovering' disability
- 4. The emergence of disabled people, 1964-69
- Remembering 'the forgotten poor'
- The Seebohm Committee and report
- The disabled in society
- 5. Cinderella of the welfare state: legislation for disabled people, 1970-72
- Cash and the 'revolution of expectation'
- The Magna Carta of the disabled: the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
- Office of Population Censuses and Surveys
- Children of thalidomide
- 6. The final days: disability at the end of the welfare state, 1973-79
- Disablement Income Group and a national disability income
- Assessing the Disablement Income Group
- Labour in opposition
- Conservatives in opposition
- Trades Union Congress and the quota scheme
- 'It's only a matter of time': the media
- Cash benefits
- Failures of the cash benefits.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Sep 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781447335115
- 1447335112
- 9781447316442
- 1447316444
- 9781447316435
- 1447316436
- OCLC:
- 1052105970
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