Making of Social Policy in Britain : From the Poor Law to the New Labor

by Jones, Kathleen

• ISBN13: 9780485121629
• ISBN10: 048512162X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group

Summary

This third edition of a standard work takes the analysis of social policy into the time of the Blair Government, offering fresh perspectives on the search for solutions to the problems of poverty, sickness, crime, squalor and poor educational standards. Revised and extended, it offers a long view on some basic human problems, and some valuable lessons from the past, which are in danger of being forgotten. Essential Reading for all those concerned with the study of British social life.

Table of Contents

Figures	vii
Tables	viii
Introduction	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
The Poor and the Poor Law	1	(13)
Dirt, Disease and Danger	14	(16)
Voluntary Action	30	(14)
Darkest England and the Poverty Surveys	44	(12)
Bypassing the Poor Law	56	(12)
Victorian Values or Socialist Visions?	68	(12)
The Liberal Answer	80	(8)
The Hungry Thirties	88	(15)
War, Peace and the Beveridge Plan	103	(13)
Setting Up the `Welfare State'	116	(14)
Problems of Expansion	130	(15)
Problems of Contraction	145	(18)
Breaking the Consensus	163	(14)
Dismantling the Framework	177	(15)
New Labour -- New Social Policy?	192	(19)
Appendix I Quasi-Markets, Quality and Measurement	211	(5)
Appendix II Political Parties in Power since 1830	216	(2)
Appendix III Biographical Notes	218	(10)
Notes and Sources	228	(27)
Bibliography	255	(14)
Index	269