The British Welfare State: A Critical History

by John Brown

2021-01-20 10:02:08

The nature of the British "Welfare State", established in the 1940s through the acceptance of the Beveridge Report''s recommendations and assumption, has long been the subject of an inconclusive debate, even though knowledge of its history has increa... Read more
The nature of the British "Welfare State", established in the 1940s through the acceptance of the Beveridge Report''s recommendations and assumption, has long been the subject of an inconclusive debate, even though knowledge of its history has increased as official papers have become open to access under the thirty year rule. What aims, interests and forces shaped its development before and after the Beveridge Report''s appearance, from the Liberal innovations in social policy before 1914 to the collapse of full employment in the 1970s? This book examines the answers to such questions provided by recent historical research and discussion, offering a critical and comprehensive study of the modernization of social policy in Britain. Less

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John Brown (1830-1922) was a Congregational minister who served at Park Chapel, Manchester, from 1855 to 1864 and at Bunyan Church, Bedford, from 1864 to 1903. He was the Lyman Beecher lecturer at Yal...

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