1st Edition
Social Issues and Party Politics
302 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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After the landslide election of a new Labour government in May 1997, what are the key social policy issues and problems which the new government needs to address? Social Issues and Party Politics looks at the manifestos of the main parties and the way social issues figured in the 1997 election campaign and the early days of the new government. Chapters discuss green issues, the management and... Read more
Chapter 1 The road to 1997, Helen Jones; Chapter 2 Managing the welfare state, Tony Butcher; Chapter 3 Taxing and spending the people's money, Susanne MacGregor; Chapter 4 Jobs, unemployment and the European Union, Valerie Symes; Chapter 5 ‘Education, education, education’, Miriam E. David; Chapter 6 The people's health, Helen Jones; Chapter 7 New Partnerships for social services, Susan Balloch; Chapter 8 Home truths, Mark Liddiard; Chapter 9 Poverty and social security in a changing Britain, Carey Oppenheim; Chapter 10 Paying for pensions, Barbara Waine; Chapter 11 Criminal justice, Frances Heidensohn; Chapter 12 The greenest election ever?, Sue Barber; Chapter 13 The view from Scotland, Richard Parry; Chapter 14 The view from Northern Ireland, Eithne McLaughlin; Chapter 15 The view from Wales, Michael Sullivan; Chapter 16 A new deal for Britain?, Susanne MacGregor; Index;
Biography
Helen Jones is Lecturer in Social Policy at Goldsmiths College, London,
Susanne MacGregor is Professor of Social Policy at Middlesex University
