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Taking Stock : Scottish Social Welfare after Devolution
This topical book examines social welfare in Scotland since devolution. In particular, it focuses on the politics of welfare during and after the devolution process; poverty and inequality; and the two single most important powers devolved to the Edinburgh Parliament, education and health. It is the...
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Policy Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- TAKING STOCK; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: welfare and devolution; Scotland and social welfare: from Union to devolution; New Labour's welfare strategy; New Labour and devolution; Enacting devolution; The elections to the Scottish Parliament 1999; New Labour's constitutional and welfare reforms; The Scottish Executive and social welfare; The 2003 elections; Outcome and consequences; Conclusion; 2. Income and expenditure; Introduction; The Barnett formula; Some implications of the current funding mechanism; The Tartan Tax; Comparative funding; Spending priorities.
- 3. Poverty, inequality and social disadvantageIntroduction; Historical background: from Industrial Revolution to deindustrialisation; Acknowledging, measuring and thinking about poverty; Scottish analyses of poverty and social exclusion; Poverty and the Executive; External evaluations; The dimensions of poverty and inequality in Scotland; Health inequalities; Child poverty; Summary; 4. Children, education and lifelong learning; Introduction; Scottish education: history and identity; New Labour and education; The Scottish Executive and education; The 2000 Standards in Scotland's Schools Act.
- National Priorities and the national debateProblems?; Comprehensives and league tables; Confidence and commitment; International standards; Organisation and delivery; Scottish child welfare strategies; Conclusion; 5. Health policy; Introduction; Scottish healthcare to 1997; New Labour and health policy; Devolution and health policy; The Executive's health strategy; Health policy after the 2003 elections; Problems?; A Scottish path?; Policy divergence and the integration of health and social care: the elderly; Conclusion; 6. Scottish social welfare after devolution: autonomy and divergence?
- IntroductionScotland in the UK; Welfare autonomy; Has devolution made a difference?; A distinctively Scottish approach?; Who is diverging from whom?; References; Bibliographical references; Index.