| Welfare Policy Under New Labour: Views from Inside Westminster Contributor(s): Bochel, Hugh (Author), Defty, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1861347901 ISBN-13: 9781861347909 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2007 Annotation: Welfare reform is a central part of the modernization program adopted by the UK Labour Government since 1997. This book examines the role of Parliament in the formulation and scrutiny of welfare policy, focusing in particular on how MPs and Peers view their influence on policy. Based on an extensive series of interviews with MPs and Peers from across Parliament, Welfare Policy under New Labour provides a timely examination of the role of Parliament in the policy process. The book provides the most detailed assessment to date of MPs' attitudes to welfare and their views on the future of the welfare state under Blair and beyond. Additionally, it offers the first consideration of the role of the reconstituted House of Lords in the scrutiny of welfare policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Security |
| Dewey: 361.941 |
| LCCN: 2007277583 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on an extensive series of interviews with MPs and Peers from across Parliament, the book traces the dynamics of political debate on welfare both between and within parties; assesses the emergence of a new political consensus on welfare; details the welfare policy environment and the reform of Parliament under Labour; examines the extent to which MPs support developments in welfare policy; provides the most detailed assessment to date of MPs' attitudes to welfare and their views on the future of the welfare state under Blair and beyond and offers the first consideration of the role of the reconstituted House of Lords in the scrutiny of welfare policy. Welfare policy under New Labour provides a timely examination of the role of Parliament in the policy process. It will prove invaluable to scholars and students of social policy and British politics and professionals working in social work and welfare policy. It also provides useful insights for those who wish to lobby Parliament in these fields. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bochel, Hugh: - Hugh Bochel is professor of public policy at the University of Lincoln, UK. He is coeditor, most recently, of Social Policy. |