The Welfare State We're In
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The Welfare State We're In

  1. 480 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Welfare State We're In

About this book

The welfare state is one of Britain's crowning achievements. Or is it? In this seminal book, now studied in universities in Britain and elsewhere, James Bartholomew advances the sacrilegious argument that, however well meaning its founders, the welfare state has done more harm than good. He argues that far from being the socialist utopia the post-war generation dreamed of, the welfare state has led to avoidable deaths in the NHS, falling standards in schools, permanent mass unemployment and many other unintended consequences. At a deeper level, he contends that the welfare state has caused millions to live deprived and even depraved lives, undermining the very decency and kindness which first inspired it. This landmark book changed the way many people think about the welfare state. It played a major role in the political debate that led to recent reforms. Now with a new introduction by the author assessing the value of these reforms, this classic text still shocks with the power of its arguments and the weight of its supporting evidence.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Dedication
  4. The welfare state quiz
  5. The welfare state ā€“ some of the major dates
  6. Introduction to the new edition
  7. Authorā€™s preface: Growing up with the welfare state
  8. Preface to the 2006 paperback edition
  9. Contents
  10. Chapter 1: From Stanley Matthews to Vinnie Jones
  11. Chapter 2: Social security: Catherineā€™s four dead boys and Frankā€™s bingo blow-out
  12. Chapter 3: The NHS: like a train crash every day
  13. Chapter 4: Education: eleven years at school and still illiterate
  14. Chapter 5: Housing: from ā€˜homes fit for heroesā€™ to Rachman and Damilola Taylor
  15. Chapter 6: Parenting: Princess Diana and the habits of the apes
  16. Chapter 7: Pensions: Octavia warned us
  17. Chapter 8: Tax and growth: Harold Wilson versus John Who?
  18. Chapter 9: The reckoning
  19. Chapter 10: If the welfare state is so bad, why donā€™t we get rid of it?
  20. Afterword: Why do people talk more about ā€˜povertyā€™ now that there is less of it?
  21. Little stars of hope for education
  22. The NHS: so did it ā€˜get betterā€™?
  23. Ten things wrong with the welfare state
  24. Ten reasons why the welfare state has failed
  25. Four reasons why the welfare state is unlikely ever to succeed
  26. Personal reflections on writing The Welfare State Weā€™re In
  27. Acknowledgements
  28. Select bibliography
  29. Picture credits
  30. Notes to the figures
  31. Index
  32. Copyright