The Conservative Party and social policy /

A timely consideration of the development and content of the Conservatives' approaches to social policy and how they inform the Coalition's policies.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bochel, Hugh M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Policy Press, 2011.
Temas:
Conservative Party (Great Britain)
Since 1979
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Politics and government
Social policy
Great Britain > Social policy > 1979-
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1997-2007.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 2007-
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale > 1979-
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1997-2007.
Great Britain
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • Notes on Contributors
  • 1. Conservative Approaches to Social Policy Since 1997
  • Hugh Bochel
  • Social Policy Under Labour, 19978211;2010
  • Transition and Change: Conservative Social Policy, 19978211;2010
  • Conclusions
  • 2. The Conservative Party and the Welfare State Since 1945
  • Robert M. Page
  • Conservatism and the Conservative Party
  • Modern One Nation Conservatism, 19458211;64
  • The 8216;Neo-Liberal Turn in Conservative Social Policy
  • David Camerons 8216;Progressive Conservatism
  • Conclusion: Clear Blue Water? Conservative Social Policy and the Welfare State Since 1945
  • 3. The Conservative Party and Public Expenditure
  • Nick Ellison
  • Patterns of Public Spending, 19458211;2010
  • The Conservatives, Public Expenditure and the Uk Macro-Economy Since 1945
  • Conservative Ideas and Policies in the 1950S: a Study in Ambivalence
  • Rolling Back the State? Conservative Governments in the 1980S and 1990S
  • Coda: The Cameron Conservatives 8211; Looking to the Future
  • 4. The Conservatives, Social Policy and Public Opinion
  • Andrew Defty
  • A Climate for Change? Public Attitudes Towards Welfare and the Role of the State
  • Responding to Change: Public Responses to Conservative Policies and Coalition Government
  • Conclusions
  • 5. Conservative Health Policy: Change, Continuity and Policy Influence
  • Rob Baggott
  • Theories of Party Politics
  • Conservative Health Policy, 19978211;2005: Influence Without Power?
  • Policy Developments Since 2005
  • Explaining Policy Developments
  • Coalition Politics
  • Conclusions
  • 6. Something Old, Something New: Understanding Conservative Education Policy
  • Sonia Exley and Stephen Ball
  • The 1997 General Election
  • The Conservatives Under Cameron
  • Policy and Evidence
  • Policy Networks
  • Conservative and New Labour Education Policies: Continuity or Change?
  • What Does All This Portend?
  • 7. Conservative Housing Policy
  • Peter Somerville
  • The Genesis of Conservative Housing Policy
  • Conservative Housing Policy
  • The Big Society and Housing Policy
  • Is the Coalition governments Housing Policy Traditional or Progressive?
  • 8. Social Security and Welfare Reform
  • Stephen Mckay and Karen Rowlingson
  • The Conservatives in Opposition: 8216;Compassionate Conservatism
  • The Coalition Government
  • Poverty
  • Making Work Pay
  • Pensions
  • Other Key Changes
  • Overarching Themes
  • Conclusions
  • 9.A New Welfare Settlement? The Coalition Government and Welfare-to-Work
  • Alan Deacon and Ruth Patrick
  • From the New Deals to the Work Programme
  • Explaining the Consensus
  • Troubling the Consensus
  • Conclusions
  • 10. The Conservative Party and Community Care
  • Jon Glasby
  • The Inheritance From New Labour, 19978211;2010
  • What Next for Community Care Policy?
  • Key Policy Dilemmas
  • Conclusion
  • 11. Conservative Policy and the Family
  • Paul Daniel
  • Broken Britain: Broken Families
  • Conservative Policy and the Family, 19798211;97
  • New Labour, 19978211;20.

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