1st Edition

Public Opinion, Ideology and State Welfare

By Peter Taylor-Gooby Copyright 1985
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

Public Opinion, Ideology and State Welfare (1985) provides a comprehensive explanation of the patterns of ideas about the welfare state held by both academics and by the general public. It argues that the crisis in the welfare state in the 1980s was misunderstood by most writers in the UK – both on the left and on the right. It presents an alternative account of current developments both in the... Read more

1. Crisis and the Welfare State  2. Public Opinion and Welfare Issues  3. From Butskellism to the New Right?  4. Current Developments in the Welfare State  5. Ideology and Continuity  6. The Crisis in Welfare State Studies

Biography

Peter Taylor-Gooby