1st Edition

The Politics of the Welfare State

Edited By Ann Oakley, Susan Williams Copyright 1994
242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

242 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created. Issues of class, gender and ethnicity are explored in chapters that are wide ranging but closely... Read more

Notes on Contributors

Introduction, Ann Oakley

1. Interpretations of Welfare and Approaches to the State 1870-1920, Shelia Rowbotham

2. Lessons from the Past: The Rise and Fall of the Classic Welfare State in Britain, 1945-76, Rodney Lowe

3. Conservatives and Consensus: The Politics of the National Health Service, 1951-64, Charles Webster

4. Local Voices in the National Health Service: Needs Effectiveness and Sufficiency, Jennie Popay and Gareth Williams

5. Priority Setting for Health Gain, Chris Ham, Frank Honigsbaum and David Thompson

6. Obstacles to Medical Audit: British Doctors Speak, Nick Black and Elizabeth Thompson

7. Choice, Needs and Enabling: The New Community Care, Jane Lewis

8. Making Sense of the New Politics of Education, Geoff Whitty, Sharon Gewirtz and Tony Edwards

9. The Relationship Between Research and Policy: The Case of Unemployment and Health, Mel Bartley

Index

Biography

Edited by Ann Oakley and Susan Williams