The Evolution of the British Welfare State

A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution
5th Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-60588-7
Verlag: Red Globe Press

Buch, Englisch, 429 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

An established introductory textbook that provides students with a full overview of British social policy and social ideas since the late eighteenth century. Derek Fraser’s authoritative account is the essential starting point for anyone learning about how and why Britain created the first Welfare State, and its development into the twenty-first century.
This is an ideal core text for dedicated modules on the History of British Social Policy or the British Welfare State - or a supplementary text for broader modules on Modern British History or British Political History - which may be offered at all levels of an undergraduate History, Politics or Sociology degree. In addition it is a crucial resource for students who may be studying the history of the British Welfare State for the first time as part of a taught postgraduate degree in British History, Politics or Social Policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Select Time Chart, 1801-2016.- Introduction: Perspectives on the History of Welfare.- 1. The Factory Question - 2. The Poor Law.- 3. Public Health.- 4. Education and Welfare.- 5. Laissez-faire and State Intervention in the Mid-Nineteenth Century.- 6. The Growing Awareness of Poverty.- 7. Liberal Social Policy, 1905-14.- 8. Politics and Policy, 1914-39.- 9. War and Welfare in the 1940s.- 10. The Welfare State in Modern Britain.- Conclusion.- Two Centuries of Welfare History: An Overview.- Documentary Appendix.- Notes and References.- Select Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Derek Fraser is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Teesside, UK, where he was formerly Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive. He was also previously Professor of British History at UCLA, USA.