Disability and the Welfare State in Britain : : Changes in Perception and Policy 1948–79 / / Jameel Hampton.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Hampton, Jameel,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)

Created during and after the Second World War, the British Welfare State seemed to promise welfare for all, but, in its original form, excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It is the first to contextualise disabil...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• List of tables
• List of acronyms
• About the author
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The old regime: provision for disabled people before the welfare state
• Promotional welfare, 1948–63
• The emergence of disabled people, 1964–69
• Cinderella of the welfare state: legislation for disabled people, 1970–72
• The final days: disability at the end of the welfare state, 1973–79
• The last waltz: epilogue
• Conclusions
• Appendix: Ministerial periods of office
• Bibliography
• Index