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Modernising the welfare state : The Blair legacy
This book, the third in Martin Powell's New Labour trilogy, analyses the legacy of Tony Blair's government for social policy, focusing on the extent to which it has changed the UK welfare state.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol :
Policy Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Modernising the welfare state; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction: modernising the welfare state; 2. The NHS after 10 years of New Labour; 3. Housing policy: coming in andout of the cold?; 4. Social security and welfare reform; 5. Social care under Blair: are social care services more modern?; 6. Education: from the comprehensive to the individual; 7. Controlling crime and disorder: the Labour legacy; 8. Social investment: the discourse and the dimensions of change; 9. Risk and the Blair legacy; 10. Going private?
- 11. Choice in public services: 'no choice but to choose'12. The conditional welfare state; 13. The stages of New Labour; 14. Social Democratic reforms of the welfare state: Germany and the UK compared; 15. Conclusion: the Blair legacy; Introduction; The Blair legacy; A modernising project?; Tinkering or transformation?; Modernising the welfare state; 'Camerownism': a progressive consensus?; Conclusion; Index.