Evolution of British Social Policy and the Welfare State: 1800-1993

by Keith Laybourn

This thorough and accessible survey of British social policy provides a useful appraisal of the Poor Law, the factory question, education, poverty and philanthropy; the social impact of two world wars, the Attlee years and the challenge to the Welfare State since 1951. Recent developments are covered, analysing the extent to which today's welfare decisions are made on political rather than economic or social grounds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185331076X
• ISBN13: 9781853310768
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"