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The Welfare State in Britain since 1945

  • Textbook
  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Rodney Lowe
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 1-6

  3. Theoretical Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Nature of the Welfare State

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 9-38

    3. The Nature of Policymaking

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 39-61

  4. The Classic Welfare State, 1945–75

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Historical Context

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 65-98

    3. Employment Policy

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 99-121

    4. Social Security

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 122-162

    5. Health Care

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 163-192

    6. Education

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 193-234

    7. Housing

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 235-260

    8. The Personal Social Services

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 261-279

    9. The Achievement

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 280-297

  5. The Welfare State since 1976

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 299-299
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    2. The Welfare State under Threat

      • Rodney Lowe
      Pages 301-330

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 331-382
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The first full historical account of welfare policy in postwar Britain, analysing first the so-called period of consensus between 1945 and 1975 and then the years between 1975 and 1990 when state welfare came under ideological attack. It provides a clear assessment of the relative successes and failures of governments in social and employment policy. It also provides a guide to competing theoretical approaches to the analysis of welfare policy, as well as sufficient statistical evidence to permit readers to form their own judgements.

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