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One The transformation of the welfare state? The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government and social policy
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Abstract
This chapter considers the coalition government and the relationship between the two parties and their policies. It traces the development of the views and approaches within the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties and the government as a whole and assesses the extent to which each party was successful in pushing its own agenda. The chapter draws upon a framework reflecting a number of political dimensions, including citizenship and public expenditure, in order to analyse the Coalition government’s policies and rhetoric, and argues that in most respects the Coalition government exhibited a range of characteristics and policies that were very similar to those of the New Right-influenced Thatcher governments.
Abstract
This chapter considers the coalition government and the relationship between the two parties and their policies. It traces the development of the views and approaches within the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties and the government as a whole and assesses the extent to which each party was successful in pushing its own agenda. The chapter draws upon a framework reflecting a number of political dimensions, including citizenship and public expenditure, in order to analyse the Coalition government’s policies and rhetoric, and argues that in most respects the Coalition government exhibited a range of characteristics and policies that were very similar to those of the New Right-influenced Thatcher governments.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
- The transformation of the welfare state? The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government and social policy 1
- The coalition government, public spending and social policy 27
- The changing governance of social policy 53
- The coalition, social policy and public opinion 79
- Health policy and the coalition government 99
- The coalition government, the general election and the policy ratchet in education: a reflection on the ‘ghosts’ of policy past, present and yet to come 127
- Coalition housing policy in England 153
- Social security under the coalition and Conservatives: shredding the system for people of working age; privileging pensioners 179
- Welfare and active labour market policies in the UK: the coalition government approach 201
- ‘It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it’: adult social care under the coalition 221
- Family policy: the Mods and Rockers 243
- One step forward, two steps back: children, young people and the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition 265
- The coalition and criminal justice 285
- Equalities: the impact of welfare reform and austerity by gender, disability and age 309
- Social policy, the devolved administrations and the UK coalition government 325
- Conclusions 247
- Index 371
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- Notes on contributors v
- The transformation of the welfare state? The Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government and social policy 1
- The coalition government, public spending and social policy 27
- The changing governance of social policy 53
- The coalition, social policy and public opinion 79
- Health policy and the coalition government 99
- The coalition government, the general election and the policy ratchet in education: a reflection on the ‘ghosts’ of policy past, present and yet to come 127
- Coalition housing policy in England 153
- Social security under the coalition and Conservatives: shredding the system for people of working age; privileging pensioners 179
- Welfare and active labour market policies in the UK: the coalition government approach 201
- ‘It ain’t what you do, it’s the way that you do it’: adult social care under the coalition 221
- Family policy: the Mods and Rockers 243
- One step forward, two steps back: children, young people and the Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition 265
- The coalition and criminal justice 285
- Equalities: the impact of welfare reform and austerity by gender, disability and age 309
- Social policy, the devolved administrations and the UK coalition government 325
- Conclusions 247
- Index 371
