From Beveridge to Blair - The First Fifty Years of Britain''s Welfare State 194898

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Jones is a Research Fellow in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol Rodney Lowe is Professor in Economic and Social History at the University of Bristol Klappentext The creation of Britain's welfare state in 1948 was an event of major international importance. Designed to provide a concise introduction to the evolution of both the structure of the welfare state and attitudes towards it. Concentrates on five core services: health care, education, social security, the personal social services and housing. For each service it examines the original vision, the attempts to implement this vision, the resulting complexities and controversies and, above all, the impact on individual 'customers'. A wide range of documentary evidence is used, including published and unpublished government sources, political memoirs, newspaper exposés and personal testimony. Zusammenfassung This 50-year overview examines both the evolution of Britain's welfare state! and the varying attitudes towards it. The text concentrates on the five core services of the welfare state: health care! education! social security and the personal social services. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsChronology of events1. Introduction2. The political debate3. Social security4. Health care5. Education6. Housing7. The personal social servicesGuide to further readingIndex

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Lowe Jones
• Assisted by: Margaret Jones (Editor), Rodney Lowe (Editor), Lowe Rodney (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2002
• EAN: 9780719041037
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4103-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Documents in Modern History; Documents in Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Social welfare & social services, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Social welfare and social services, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)