The Conservative party and social policy

Bochel, Hugh, Hugh Bochel

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781847424334
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447315117
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Social Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

With the Conservative Party breaking new ground in forming a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats, this book examines the development and content of the Conservatives' approaches to social policy and how they inform the Coalition's policies.

Chapters cover the development of Conservative Party social policy and specific policy areas. The book will be of interest to academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and everyone with an interest in the Conservative Party and the Coalition government's social policies.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Notes on contributors
• ONE: Conservative approaches to social policy since 1997
• TWO: The Conservative Party and the welfare state since 1945
• THREE: The Conservative Party and public expenditure
• FOUR: The Conservatives, social policy and public opinion
• FIVE: Conservative health policy: change, continuity and policy influence
• SIX: Something old, something new: understanding Conservative education policy
• SEVEN: Conservative housing policy
• EIGHT: Social security and welfare reform
• NINE: A new welfare settlement? The Coalition government and welfare-to-work
• TEN: The Conservative Party and community care
• ELEVEN: Conservative policy and the family
• TWELVE: Crime and criminal justice
• THIRTEEN: The Conservatives and social policy in the devolved administrations
• FOURTEEN: The Conservatives and the governance of social policy
• FIFTEEN: The Conservatives, Coalition and social policy
• References