Full Description
Responding to the political and social policy changes made between 2010-2015 a wide-range of experts consider the relationship between the two coalition parties to provide a critical assessment of how their policies affected the British welfare state, including the impact of `austerity'.
Contents
The transformation of the welfare state? ‾ Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell;
The Coalition, public expenditure and social policy ‾ Nick Ellison;
Social policy and public opinion under the Coalition ‾ Andrew Defty;
The changing governance of social policy ‾ Catherine Bochel;
Health ‾ Rob Baggott;
Education ‾ Stephen Ball and Patrick Bailey;
Housing ‾ Peter Somerville;
Social security ‾ Steve McKay and Karen Rowlingson;
Employment ‾ Anne Daguerre;
Adult care ‾ Jon Glasby;
Family policy ‾ Ros Edwards and Val Gillies;
Children and young people ‾ Harriet Churchill;
Crime and criminal justice ‾ Peter Squires;
Equalities ‾ Kirstein Rummery;
Social policy in the devolved administrations ‾ Derek Birrell and Ann Marie Gray;
Conclusions ‾ Hugh Bochel and Martin Powell.
