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15%OFFMargaret Jones - From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain´s Welfare State 1948-98 - 9780719041037 - V9780719041037
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From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain´s Welfare State 1948-98

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Description for From Beveridge to Blair: The First Fifty Years of Britain´s Welfare State 1948-98 Paperback. This 50-year overview examines both the evolution of Britain's welfare state, and the varying attitudes towards it. The text concentrates on the five core services of the welfare state: health care, education, social security and the personal social services. Editor(s): Jones, Margaret; Lowe, Rodney. Series: Documents in Contemporary History S. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
The creation of Britain's welfare state in 1948 was an event of major international importance. Designed to provide a concise introduction to the evolution of both the structure of the welfare state and attitudes towards it. Concentrates on five core services: health care, education, social security, the personal social services and housing. For each service it examines the original vision, the attempts to implement this vision, the resulting complexities and controversies and, above all, the impact on individual 'customers'. A wide range of documentary evidence is used, including published and unpublished government sources, political memoirs, newspaper exposes and personal testimony. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Series
Documents in Modern History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719041037
SKU
V9780719041037
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99-15

About Margaret Jones
Margaret Jones is a Research Fellow in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Bristol. Rodney Lowe is Professor in Economic and Social History at the University of Bristol -- .

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