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Modernising the welfare state : the Blair legacy
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- Summary
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This timely book explores how changing territorial politics are impacting on social citizenship rights across the UK.
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- Creator
- edited by Martin Powell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Bristol : Policy Press, 2008
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (x, 290 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
- ISBNs
- 9781847420398, 1447315421, 9781447315421, 9781847420404, 9786612070716, 1847420397, 1847420400, 9781282070714, 6612070714, 1282070711, 1847423663, 9781847423665, 1447302834
- OCLC
- ocn441831428, ocn178198246, ocn437122642
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- 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
- 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?