Search Results for: Analysing The History Of British Social Welfare

This book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies in Britain. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought throug

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? The Winding Road to the Welfare State inve

This Very Short Introduction discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, a

The British Empire is part covered three centuries, five continents and onequarter of the world's population. Its legacy continues, shaping the societies and we

Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent – healthcare, education, pensions, benefits – is the centre