Provides an account of the British welfare state since 1940. This book re-examines some of the commonly held assumptions about the post-war welfare state and reignites the debate about its role and purpose. It provides a guide to the changing role of the state in the provision o…
"In Revisiting the Welfare State, Robert Page provides an account of the British welfare state since 1940. His text re-examines some of the most commonly held assumptions about the post-war welfare state and reignites the debate about its role and purpose." "Robert Page starts f…
What was the impact of the Second World War on the development of the welfare state? Did Attlee's pioneering post-war Labour governments create the welfare state and a socialist society? This title provides an account of the British welfare state after 1940. It re-examines commo…