British Social Welfare

by David Gladstone (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135369057
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	368
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

David Gladstone

Table of Contents

Preface, Contributors, Introduction: change, continuity and welfare, 1 The welfare state and the state of welfare, 2 Education: the changing balance of power, 3 Employment policy: a chronicle of decline?, 4 Spending more to achieve less? Social security since 1945, 5 Health: from seamless service to patchwork quilt, 6 Housing: on the edge of the welfare state, 7 Urban policy in post-war Britain, 8 Individual welfare: locating care in the mixed economy, 9 Voluntary action and the state, 10 Markets and the future of welfare, 11 Social policy and the active society, 12 Accountability and empowerment in welfare services, 13 Quality in welfare services, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

Examines present welfare arrangements in England and Wales in light of the past, for undergraduate students in social policy, politics, and contemporary British history. Reviews welfare policy since the introduction of the welfare state in the mid-1940s, discusses contemporary issues such as costs, restructuring, and the move beyond state agencies into the private sector, and offers alternative scenarios for the future of welfare. Distributed in the US by Taylor & Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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