The Evolution of the British Welfare State: A History of Social Policy since the Industrial Revolution

by Derek Fraser (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $4.20

  This is a revised and updated new edition of a classic text which offers a broad ranging and authoritative history of British social policy from the Industrial Revolution to the present day. This is the best historical introduction to the past and present of the Welfare State, widely regarded as a classic in the field. It is now updated to cover the Blair and Brown years, and revised to take into account the latest research. This book features an extensive bibliography with over 100 new entries for the fourth edition. Derek Fraser's book has established itself as a classic text on the history of social policy and social ideas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. This fourth edition features a revised introduction, incorporates the latest research and extends the coverage of the final chapter, bringing the story right up to the present day.

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  Paperback
  1984

  $3.25

  This book has become the standard text on the course of social policy and social ideas in Britain since the Industrial Revolution. To the first edition Professor Fraser has added a new foreword which sets out the variety of approaches which now exist to the history of social policy. Each chapter has been up-dated and revised in the light of recent research and five further documents have been added to the appendix. In a new postscript Professor Fraser discusses the welfare state in the period since 1973 and suggests what its future may be in the 1980s. The bibliography has been completely revised and contains a full survey of articles, so providing a fully up-to-date second edition which offers new insights and material in the light of current research. A third edition, which will bring this classic text up to the 1990s will be published in 1996.