From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain's Welfare State 194898
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain's Welfare State 194898
By (Author) Margaret Jones
Edited by Rodney Lowe
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
18th July 2002
United Kingdom
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Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
The creation of Britain's welfare state in 1948 was an event of major international importance. This study offers an introduction to the evolution of both the structure of the welfare state and attitudes towards it. 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 A wide range of documentary evidence is used, including published and unpublished government sources, political memoirs, newspaper expos s and personal testimony.
Author Bio
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
