The Politics of the Welfare State

ISBN-13: 9781138609679 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 238 str.

Ann Oakley; Susan Williams

Opis

Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created.

Spis treści

Notes on Contributors  Introduction  1. Interpretations of Welfare and Approaches to the State 1870-1920  2. Lessons from the Past: The Rise and Fall of the Classic Welfare State in Britain, 1945-76  3. Conservatives and Consensus: The Politics of the National Health Service, 1951-64  4. Local Voices in the National Health Service: Needs Effectiveness and Sufficiency  5. Priority Setting for Health Gain  6. Obstacles to Medical Audit: British Doctors Speak  7. Choice, Needs and Enabling: The New Community Care  8. Making Sense of the New Politics of Education  9. The Relationship Between Research and Policy: The Case of Unemployment and Health  Index