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The Welfare State In Britain

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  • Michael Hill

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The Welfare State in Britain presents a history of British social policy from the election of Clement Attlee to the fall of Margaret Thatcher. Michael Hill focuses upon the political processes which influenced the key reforms of the late 1940s, and the ways in which those reforms have subsequently been consolidated and undermined. He critically examines some of the theories drawn from political science which have been used to explain the growth of the welfare state in Britain. The so called ‘crisis of the welfare state’ that has dominated recent rhetoric is shown to have its origins in the very period when the welfare state was believed to have been created. Despite its importance for electoral politics, social policy is shown to have often been subordinate to economic and foreign policy.

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  • Michael Hill, 1993. "The Welfare State In Britain," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 220.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:220
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    1. Martin Kovář & Jaromír Soukup, 2007. "The Origin and Nature of the British Welfare State in 1939-1951 [Vznik a fungování britského sociálního státu v letech 1939-1951]," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2007(7), pages 257-271.
    2. Stanislav Tumis, 2007. "The British Welfare State in Times of Conservative Governments in 1951-1964 [Britský sociální stát za vlády konzervativců v letech 1951-1964]," Acta Oeconomica Pragensia, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2007(7), pages 460-471.

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    Keywords

    Politics and Public Policy Social Policy and Sociology;

    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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