New Labour, new welfare state? : : The 'third way' in British social policy / / ed. by Martin Powell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• MitwirkendeR: Burchardt, Tania,; Charman, Sarah,; Cressey, Peter,; Dean, Hartley,; Hewitt, Martin,; Hills, John,; Jamieson, Ian,; Johnson, Norman,; Kemp, Peter A.,; King, Desmond,; Lauder, Hugh,; Muschamp, Yolande,; Paton, Calum,; Powell, Martin,; Rouse, John,; Savage, Stephen P.,; Smith, George,; Wickham-Jones, Mark,
• HerausgeberIn: Powell, Martin,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)

The New Labour government elected in May 1997 claimed that it would modernise the welfare state, by rejecting the solutions of both the Old Left and the New Right. New Labour, new welfare state? provides the first comprehensive examination of the social policy of New Labour; compares and contrasts c...

Table of Contents

• Front Matter
• Contents
• Notes on contributors
• List of tables and figures
• List of acronyms
• Introduction
• Public expenditure and the public/private mix
• New Labour’s health policy: the new healthcare state
• The personal social services and community care
• Education, education, education
• Housing policy under New Labour
• New Labour and social security
• New Labour and employment, training and employee relations
• The new politics of law and order: Labour, crime and justice
• Citizenship
• Accountability
• Bridging the Atlantic: the Democratic (Party) origins of Welfare to Work
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index