1st Edition

Origins of the Welfare State

Edited By Nicholas Deakin
2600 Pages
by Routledge

Consisting of both shorter pieces and reprints of entire books, this set restores to circulation a number of key texts from the debate about the future of welfare that took place in Britain following the depression. The collection covers the following areas: * The period during which the country felt the full impact of the world depression. A number of solutions were put forward during this time... Read more
1. Depression Years and Rival Remedies
Authors include: R.H. Tawney, G.R. Mitchison, Harold Macmillan and John Strachey
2. The Debate on Planning
Authors include: G.D.H. Cole, E.F.M. Durbin, H. Finer and E.D. Simon
3. Shaping the Welfare State
Authors include: Eleanor Rathbone, William Robson (ed), Sir J. Marchant (ed) and F. Lafitte
4. And Does it Work?
Authors include: Herbert Morrison, William Beveridge, F. Zweig and C.A.R. Crosland

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Edited by Nicholas Deakin