Deakin / Parry The Treasury and Social Policy

The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy
Erscheinungsjahr 2000
ISBN: 978-0-333-98234-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Political Science and International Studies (R0)

What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon Brown's chancellorship.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deakin, N.

Parry, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Figures General Editor's Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements The Treasury: Images and Realities The Evolution of the Treasury's Intervention in Social Policy Treasury Politics in the Post-PESC Era The Treasury Reinvents Itself The Treasury Forms New Relationships The Calibration of Cash: Social Security More than Moving Money: The Treasury and Public Provision of Services The Territorial Departments and the Detachment of the Treasury The Treasury in Labour's First Year Spending Reviews, Fiscal Strategies and the Treasury in Labour's Core Executive Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

NICHOLAS DEAKIN is Honorary Professor of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, where he was Professor from 1980 to 1998, and previously worked in the Home Office and Greater London Council. His publications include .

RICHARD PARRY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, where he has worked since 1981. His publications include the and articles and chapters on the politics of social policy in Scotland, Britain and Europe.