British Social Policy Since 1945

Howard Glennerster has been an active participant in the social policy process and a commentator on it since the early 1960s, when he joined the Labour Party Research Department. He is now Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics, Chairman of the Suntory Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines, and Co-Director of the Welfare State Programme. He is the author of many books on social policy including Implementing The New Community Care (with Jane Lewis, 1996).

Figures and Tables. General Editor's Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. The British Welfare State: Origins and Myths: Origins. The Basic Principles of the 1940s Welfare State. The Myths. A Re-evaluation. 2. Beveridge: Founding Father?: Beveridge: The Man. The Ambition: A New Britain. The Report: Radical, But Did it Add Up? The Report's Main Proposals. The Rejection of Beveridge? Family Allowances. An Unsound Foundation. 3. The Right to Health, Knowledge, Food, Shelter and Work, 1945-51: Citizenship Rights? A National Health Service Created. The New National Health Service. Education for All. The 1944 Education Act. Labour's Policy. Children. Food Rationing. Shelter. Jobs for All. Services for Citizens? 4. The New Conservatism and Social Policy, 1951-64: Back to the Drawing Board. Trying to Contain the Welfare State. Inflation and Full Employment, an Early Warning. Social Services: Wasted Years? Conserviative Achievements. 5. Completing the Post-war Agenda: 1964-76: Part I: The Poor and the Poorest: An Old Agenda. What is New? Social Policy Moves Centre Stage. Reforming Beveridge. Labour Comes to Power. conservatives Reverse Engines 1970. Labour Tries Again. Child Poverty Again. Balance Sheet So Far. 6. Completing the Post-war Agenda: 1964-76: Part II: From Equal Access to Equality: Health Care. Social Work. NHS Reform Again. Education and the Pursuit of Equality. Housing. Race Relations. Equal Pay. 7. Morality, Family and the State: The Legacy of the Sixties: Homosexual Law Reform. Abortion. Divorce. Lone Parents. Domestic Violence. 8. The Party Over: 1976-88: Labour 1976-79: Cuts and Fag Ends. Containment, Continuity and Tentative Change, 1979-88. Social Security Reform. SERPS. Housing Reform. Continuities. 9. New Directions, 1988-87: A Radical Manifesto. Housing Choice. Standards in Education. Student Loans. A Poll Tax. Health Service Reform. Community Care. Another 'Fundamental' Review. Taxation. Majorism. The State and the Family. Lone Mothers. Children. The End of the Era. 10. New Labour New Country: New Government. New Labour. New Economy? New Spending Priorities. New Goals - Budgets and Redistribution. New Words - Social Exclusion. New Deal. New Pensions. A New NHS? Long Term Care New Direction? New Ways to Fund Higher Education. Schools and Pre-Schools - What's New? New Communities: New Families. Old Century, New Century. Appendix. Social Policy Ministries and Ministers 1940-2000. Bibliography. Index.