British Social Welfare: Past, Present And Future

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
1 The welfare state and the state of welfare......Page 16
2 Education: the changing balance of power......Page 44
3 Employment policy: a chronicle of decline?......Page 68
4 Spending more to achieve less? Social security since 1945......Page 88
5 Health: from seamless service to patchwork quilt......Page 116
6 Housing: on the edge of the welfare state......Page 144
7 Urban policy in post-war Britain......Page 162
8 Individual welfare: locating care in the mixed economy......Page 182
9 Voluntary action and the state......Page 236
10 Markets and the future of welfare......Page 264
11 Social policy and the active society......Page 288
12 Accountability and empowerment in welfare services......Page 312
13 Quality in welfare services......Page 326
Bibliography......Page 348
Index......Page 372