The Coalition Government and Social Policy : : Restructuring the Welfare State / / ed. by Hugh Bochel, Martin Powell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Baggott, Rob,; Bailey, Patrick L.J.,; Ball, Stephen J.,; Birrell, Derek,; Bochel, Catherine,; Bochel, Hugh,; Churchill, Harriet,; Daguerre, Anne,; Defty, Andrew,; Edwards, Rosalind,; Ellison, Nick,; Etherington, David,; Gillies, Val,; Glasby, Jon,; Gray, Ann Marie,; McKay, Stephen,; Powell, Martin,; Rowlingson, Karen,; Rummery, Kirstein,; Somerville, Peter,; Squires, Peter,
• HerausgeberIn: Bochel, Hugh,; Powell, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

How did the UK Coalition Government’s policies differ from previous Conservative (or Labour) Government policies? How did the Liberal Democrats influence them? And what can this tell us about the likely policy direction of the Conservative government elected in May 2015? Responding to the political and social policy changes made between 2010-15 this book considers the relationship between the two coalition parties to provide a critical assessment of how their policies affected the British welfare state, including the impact of ‘austerity’. Looking beyond 2015, the contributors consider what the implications of these changes may be for social policy, both the challenges and opportunities, which will present themselves in the future.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- The transformation of the welfare state? The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government and social policy -- The coalition government, public spending and social policy -- The changing governance of social policy -- The coalition, social policy and public opinion -- Health policy and the coalition government -- The coalition government, the general election and the policy ratchet in education: a reflection on the ‘ghosts’ of policy past, present and yet to come -- Coalition housing policy in England -- Social security under the coalition and Conservatives: shredding the system for people of working age; privileging pensioners -- Welfare and active labour market policies in the UK: the coalition government approach -- ‘It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it’: adult social care under the coalition -- Family policy: the Mods and Rockers -- One step forward, two steps back: children, young people and the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition -- The coalition and criminal justice -- Equalities: the impact of welfare reform and austerity by gender, disability and age -- Social policy, the devolved administrations and the UK coalition government -- Conclusions -- Index