1st Edition

A Green History of the Welfare State

By Tony Fitzpatrick Copyright 2017
272 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

282 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Environmental problems – particularly climate change – have become increasingly important to governments and social researchers in recent decades. Debates about their implications for social policies and welfare reforms are now moving towards centre stage. What has been missing from such debates is an account of the history of the welfare state in relation to environmental issues and green ideas.... Read more

Introduction

  1. Made of Coal and Surrounded by Fish: 1945-51
  2. A Final Farewell: 1951-55
  3. An Impenetrable Fog: 1952-64
  4. Upheavals: 1964-70
  5. Crises of Power: 1970-74
  6. The Party is Over: 1974-79
  7. The Soul of a Marketplace: 1979-87
  8. Venus in Capitalist Furs: 1987-90
  9. The Long Shadows: 1990-97
  10. New Dawn, New Politics, New Britain: 1997-2001
  11. Fixing the Planet: 1997-2005
  12. Crashing and Burning: 2005-10

Conclusion

Biography

Tony Fitzpatrick is a Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK.