Synopsis
This is the third edition of a book which has established itself as a standard work on the British welfare state for students and general readers alike. Rodney Lowe incorporates recent developments and the latest research, providing a clear guide to the evidence on which to base informed judgments on the past record, and future prospects, of the welfare state in Britain.
Booknews
An historical account of welfare policy in postwar Britain, tracing the development of policy through the period of "consensus" between 1945 and 1975 and then the years between 1976 and 1990, when state welfare came under ideological attack. An assessment is made of the relative successes and failures of each area of policy: employment policy, social security, the National Health Service, education, housing, and the personal social services. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)