Modernising the welfare state : : The Blair legacy /

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

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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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

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