Robert M. Page

Clear blue water?

The Conservative Party and the welfare state since 1940

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Has the modern Conservative Party developed a distinctive approach to the post-war welfare state? In exploring this question, this accessible book takes an authoritative look at Conservative Party policy and practice in the modern era. The book takes as its main starting point the progressive One Nation Conservative (1950-64) perspective, which endeavoured to embrace those features of the welfare state deemed compatible with the party's underlying 'philosophy'. Attention then shifts to the neo-liberal Conservatives (1974-97), who sought to reverse the forward march of the welfare state on the grounds of its 'harmful' economic and social effec… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4473-3454-5
EAN: 9781447334545
Produktnummer: 20502584
Verlag: Policy Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 212 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 7'235 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Robert M Page is Reader in Democratic Socialism and Social Policy at the University of Birmingham. He has written extensively on the post-war British welfare state.