Modernising the welfare state : : The Blair legacy / / ed. by Martin Powell.

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• MitwirkendeR: Baldwin, Mark,; Charman, Sarah,; Denney, David,; Dobrowolsky, Alexandra,; Drakeford, Mark,; Dwyer, Peter,; Greener, Ian,; Lister, Ruth,; Lund, Brian,; Martin, Susan,; McKay, Stephen,; Muschamp, Yolande,; Needham, Catherine,; Paton, Calum,; Powell, Martin,; Rowlingson, Karen,; Savage, Stephen P.,; Seeleib-Kaiser, Martin,
• HerausgeberIn: Powell, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (304 p.)

Tony Blair was the longest serving Labour Prime Minister in British history. This book, the third in a trilogy of books on New Labour edited by Martin Powell, analyses the legacy of his government for social policy, focusing on the extent to which it has changed the UK welfare state. Drawing on both conceptual and empirical evidence, the book offers forward-looking speculation on emerging and future welfare issues. The book's high-profile contributors examine the content and extent of change. They explore which of the elements of modernisation matter for their area. Which sectors saw the greatest degree of change? Do terms such as 'modern welfare state' or 'social investment state' have any resonance? They also examine change over time with reference to the terms of the government. Was reform a fairly continuous event, or was it concentrated in certain periods? Finally, the contributors give an assessment of likely policy direction under a future Labour or Conservative government. Previous books in the trilogy are New Labour, new welfare state? (1999) and Evaluating New Labour's welfare reforms (2002) (see below). The works should be read by academics, undergraduates and post-graduates on courses in social policy, public policy and political science.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction: modernising the welfare state -- The NHS after 10 years of New Labour -- Housing policy: coming in and out of the cold? -- Social security and welfare reform -- Social care under Blair: are social care services more modern? -- Education: from the comprehensive to the individual -- Controlling crime and disorder: the Labour legacy -- Social investment: the discourse and the dimensions of change -- Risk and the Blair legacy -- Going private? -- Choice in public services: ‘no choice but to choose’ -- The conditional welfare state -- The stages of New Labour -- Social Democratic reforms of the welfare state: Germany and the UK compared -- Conclusion: the Blair legacy -- Index