1st Edition

Ideologies of Welfare From Dreams to Disillusion

By John Clarke, Allan Cochrane, Carol Smart Copyright 1987
212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

The British welfare state has been a political and ideological battleground since its inception, yet many of the voices in the crucial debates have been lost in orthodox histories. First published in 1987, Ideologies of Welfare (now with a new preface by the authors) explores the development of the welfare state through the debates which surrounded it in three key periods—the turn of the... Read more

Introduction: Ideologies of Welfare  Part 1: The Birth of the Welfare State (1900–14)  Introduction  1. Laissez-faire  2. The New Liberalism  3. Fabianism  4. Feminism  5. Socialism  Part 2. The Beveridge ‘Revolution’ (1942–8) Introduction  6. Fabianism  7. Feminism  8. Socialism  9. Laissez-faire  Part 3: Beyond Consensus (1970–85)  Introduction  10. Laissez-faire  11. Feminism  12. Socialism  13. Fabianism  Part 4: Back to the Poor Law?  Back to the Poor Law?  

Biography

John Clarke is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at The Open University, UK. His research and writing have explored the contemporary transformations of nation, state and welfare.

Allan Cochrane is Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at The Open University, UK. His research and writing have explored the ways in which the spaces of politics and policy are made up in practice in ways that reflect relations of power within and beyond the state.

Carol Smart is a feminist sociologist. She has published works in the areas of criminology, family law and social policy.