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The Treasury and Social Policy

The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy

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  • © 2000

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  1. Nicholas Deakin

    1. University of Birmingham, UK

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  2. Richard Parry

    1. University of Edinburgh, UK

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Part of the book series: Transforming Government (TRGO)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Treasury: Images and Realities

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Evolution of the Treasury’s Intervention in Social Policy

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 16-42

  4. Treasury Politics in the Post-PESC Era

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 43-61

  5. The Treasury Reinvents Itself

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 62-85

  6. The Treasury Forms New Relationships

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 86-107

  7. The Calibration of Cash: Social Security

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 108-133

  8. More than Moving Money: The Treasury and Public Provision of Services

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 134-156

  9. The Territorial Departments and the Detachment of the Treasury

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 157-178

  10. The Treasury in Labour’s First Year

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 179-197

  11. Spending Reviews, Fiscal Strategies and the Treasury in Labour’s Core Executive

    • Nicholas Deakin, Richard Parry
    Pages 198-223

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 224-234
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About this book

What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon Brown's chancellorship.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Birmingham, UK

    Nicholas Deakin

  • University of Edinburgh, UK

    Richard Parry

About the authors

NICHOLAS DEAKIN is Honorary Professor of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, where he was Professor from 1980 to 1998, and previously worked in the Home Office and Greater London Council. His publications include The Politics of Welfare.

RICHARD PARRY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, where he has worked since 1981. His publications include the United Kingdom sections of Growth to Limits and articles and chapters on the politics of social policy in Scotland, Britain and Europe.

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