Changing Directions of the British Welfare State
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Changing Directions of the British Welfare State

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Changing Directions of the British Welfare State

About this book

This is a unique and timely survey of the evolving priorities of the British welfare state since its inception in the late 1940s, with an emphasis on how current and future aims and features of welfare provision compare with the ambitions of its original architects. In this book, 15 commentators, including prominent academic experts in the field, and also members of think tanks, charities and campaigning organisations - with a foreword by the BBC's Huw Edwards, explore themes such as health, education, housing, gender, disability and ethnic diversity. The result of this study is a rich, critical and thought-provoking exploration of the legacy and prospects of the welfare state - worth reading by anyone with an interest in debates on how a modern society should meet the needs of its citizens.

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Yes, you can access Changing Directions of the British Welfare State by Gideon Calder,Jeremy Gass,Kirsten Merrill-Glover in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Sociology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780708325469
eBook ISBN
9781783165513
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. List of figures and tables
  8. Notes on contributors
  9. Introduction
  10. Timeline
  11. Part 1: The ‘five giants’
  12. 1. Want: ‘What the British people desire’: the rise and fall of insurance-based social security
  13. 2. Disease: Social democracy, health inequalities and the welfare state
  14. 3. Ignorance: Combating ignorance: education, social opportunity and citizenship in Wales
  15. 4. Squalor: Shifting boundaries: people, homes and the state since 1945
  16. 5. Idleness: ‘No longer a problem of industry’? Principles, practice and policy in the early twenty-first century
  17. Part 2: Five challenges
  18. 6. Gender: Continuity and change: gender and welfare
  19. 7. Race: A very ‘British’ welfare state? ‘Race’ and racism
  20. 8. Disability: What rights for disabled people in a welfare state? Need-fulfilment versus identity-assertion and the ‘problem of dependency’
  21. 9. Devolution: Devolution and the welfare state: the case of Wales
  22. 10. The Start and End of Life
  23. Conclusions: Taking Stock
  24. References