Dear Colleagues
(Apologies for cross-posting)
Policy and Politics have just published 'Making the Case for the Welfare State', which discusses why the UK Labour party finds it so hard to do this effectively despite the cuts and rising poverty.
The blog at sums it up:
http://policyandpoliticsblog.com
and here's the abstract:
The UK welfare state is under attack from harsh spending cuts, focused particularly on women,
children, low-paid people and claimers of working age, and a restructuring programme. This paper
examines why it is hard to make a case for generous state welfare that is both inclusive and
electorally attractive. It discusses the way the issues are understood, the trilemma that pro-welfare
policy-making faces, proposals for new directions in policy and a reform programme that might
help build a more inclusive welfare discourse. A more inclusive society requires policies that reframe
the way people think about work, reward and welfare.
best wishes for the summer
Peter
Peter Taylor-Gooby
Now out: The Double Crisis of the Welfare State and What We Can Do about It
Palgrave: http://www.palgrave.com/Products/title.aspx?pid=668106
and e-book vendors. Maybe it does what it says on the tin!
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