The welfare state in Britain since 1945:
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Basingstoke [u.a.]
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| adam_text | Contents
List of Figures and Tables viii
Preface to the Second Edition x
1 Introduction 1
PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
2 The Nature of the Welfare State 9
2.1 The definition of the welfare state 9
2.2 The three pragmatic approaches to welfare in Britain 16
2.2.1 Reluctant collectivism 17
2.2.2 Democratic socialism 19
2.2.3 The New Right 23
2.2.4 The political divide 26
2.3 General theories of social welfare 27
2.3.1 Pluralism, elitism and corporatism 27
2.3.2 Marxism 29
2.3.3 Feminism 33
2.4 Conclusion 36
2.5 Further reading 39
3 The Nature of Policymaking 41
3.1 The political science perspective 41
3.1.1 The three faces of power 41
3.1.2 Bureaucracy and the formulation of policy 43
3.1.3 The implementation of policy 48
3.1.4 Incrementalism 50
3.2 The economic perspective 51
3.2.1 The economics of state intervention 55
3.2.2 The economics of individual welfare policies 59
3.2.3 Economic rationality 62
3.3 Further reading 62
PART II THE CLASSIC WELFARE STATE, 1945 75
4 The Historical Context 67
4.1 The economic context 68
V
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4.2 The demographic context 72
4.3 The political context 77
4.4 The administrative context 87
4.5 The cultural context 96
4.6 Conclusion 102
4.7 Further reading 102
5 Employment Policy 104
5.1 The commitment to full employment 105
5.2 The management of the economy 109
5.3 Direct industrial intervention 118
5.4 Conclusion 123
5.5 Further reading 125
6 Social Security 127
6.1 The Beveridge Report and its critics 130
6.2 The rediscovery of poverty 140
6.3 The abandonment of Beveridge 146
6.4 The targeting of need 155
6.5 Conclusion 163
6.6 Further reading 165
7 Health Care 167
7.1 The establishment of the National Health
Service, 1943 51 170
7.2 Consolidation and reconstruction, 1951 74 183
7.3 The delivery of health care 190
7.4 Conclusion 195
7.5 Further reading 197
8 Education 198
8.1 The 1944 Education Act and its critics 201
8.2 Education and equality 208
8.3 The collapse of tripartism 216
8.4 The maintenance of educational standards 222
8.5 Technical education 231
8.6 Conclusion 235
8.7 Further reading 236
9 Housing 238
9.1 Planning 240
Contents vii
9.2 Housing construction 247
9.3 Housing costs 256
9.4 Conclusion 261
9.5 Further reading 262
10 The Personal Social Services 263
10.1 The statutory services 265
10.2 Voluntary provision 273
10.3 Conclusion 280
10.4 Further reading 281
11 The Achievement 283
11.1 Equality 284
11.2 Efficiency 295
11.3 Conclusion 299
11.4 Further reading 300
PART III THE WELFARE STATE SINCE 1976
12 The Welfare State under Threat 305
12.1 The political and economic context 308
12.2 Social security and the personal social services 320
12.3 Health care, education and housing 329
12.4 Conclusion 339
12.5 Further reading 341
Appendix: The Cost of Welfare Policy 343
A.I Estimates of the national product 343
A.2 Definitions of public expenditure 344
A.3 Trends in welfare expenditure 345
A.4 Employment in the public and welfare sectors 346
A.5 Further reading 347
Notes and References 358
Index 400
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
4.1 Birth and death rates, 1855 1975 73
11.1 Lorenz curve for UK and West Germany, 1964 292
Tables
4.1 Postwar economic cycles, 1951 73 70
4.2 Major stimuli to economic expansion and contraction,
1947 74 71
4.3 Demographic change, 1911 71 75
4.4 Election results, 1945 74 79
4.5 Identifiable public expenditure per head in the UK,
1959 82 95
6.1 Social security: government expenditure, 1951 77 129
6.2 Estimates of poverty in the UK, 1950 75 145
6.3 Claimants receiving national assistance/supplementary
benefit, 1948 74 149
6.4 Benefits as a percentage of average male manual
earnings, 1948 74 157
6.5 The real value of social security benefits, 1948 75 158
6.6 The immediate causes of poverty, 1936 60 158
7.1 The National Health Service: selected current and capital
expenditure, 1951 76 169
7.2 Parliamentary estimates for the NHS, 1948 52 180
7.3 NHS sources of finance, 1950/1 1974/5 187
8.1 Education: selected current and capital expenditure,
1951 77 199
8.2 Maintained nursery and primary schools in England and
Wales, 1946 75 209
8.3 Maintained secondary schools in England and Wales,
1946 75 213
8.4 Students in further and higher education, 1951 75 229
9.1 Housing: selected current and capital expenditure,
1951 76 240
9.2 Housing constructed and demolished in the UK, 1938 76 248
9.3 Households and dwellings in England and Wales, 1951 76 253
List of Figures and Tables ix
9.4 Housing tenure in Britain, 1945 76 254
9.5 Cost of building subsidies in the UK, 1952 77 257
11.1 Distribution of personal income in Britain, 1949 75/6 286
11.2 Distribution of personal wealth in England and
Wales, 1950 76 286
12.1 Election results, 1979 97 309
12.2 Comparative annual growth rates, 1979 97 309
12.3 Public expenditure, 1974/5 1995/6 316
12.4 Social expenditure, 1975/6 1995/6 317
A.I Government expenditure, central and local, 1945 75 348
A.2 Public expenditure by economic category, 1955 76 350
A.3 Public expenditure, 1951 75, selected services 351
A.4 Social expenditure, 1951 77 352
A.5 Social expenditure, annual growth relative to growth
of GDP, 1950 77 353
A.6 General government expenditure, 1978/9 1996/7 354
A.7 General government expenditure as a percentage of
GDP, 1978/9 1996/7 356
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