The New Politics of Welfare: An Agenda for the 1990s?

287 Pages·1989·25.758 MB·English

by  Michael McCarthy (eds.)

The New Politics of Welfare
Also by Michael McCarthy
Campaigning for the Poor
Unemployment and the Personal Social Services
(with J. Ridley)
The New Politics of Welfare
An Agenda for the 1990s?
Edited by
Michael McCarthy
M
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Allsop, Nick Raynsford, Ruth Lister, Molly Meacher, Miriam
David, Rod Morgan, Alan Walker, Martin Knapp, 1989
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
The new politics of welfare: an agenda for
the 1990s
1. Welfare state - political aspects
I. McCarthy, Michael, /953-
36\.6'5
ISBN 978-0-333-47157-9 ISBN 978-1-349-20384-0 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-20384-0
Contents
List of Tables VI
List of Figures viii
Acknowledgements IX
Notes on Contributors X
Introduction: The Boundaries of Welfare 1
Michael McCarthy
1 Personal Social Services 22
Michael McCarthy
2 Health 53
Judith Allsop
3 Housing 82
Nick Raynsford
4 Social Security 104
Ruth Lister
5 Employment 132
Molly Meacher
6 Education 154
Miriam David
7 Criminal Justice 178
Rod Morgan
8 Community Care 203
Alan Walker
9 Private and Voluntary Welfare 225
Martin Knapp
Select Bibliography 253
Index 270
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List of Tables
1.1 Public expenditure on the welfare state 1987-8 29
1.2 Health and personal social services expenditure per head
1984 31
2.1 Homes and hostels for mentally ill and mentally
handicapped people: Great Britain 1976-86 63
2.2 Health care expenditure in selected Western countries
1982 68
2.3 Public expenditure on health in England 1980/1-1986/7 69
3.1 Housebuilding starts and completions, Great Britain
1976-86 85
3.2 Households accepted under the Housing (Homeless
Persons) Act, England 1978-86 88
3.3 Net revenue expenditure on bed and breakfast hotels by
local authorities in London 1981/2-1978/8 88
3.4 Unfitness and disrepair, England 1976 and 1981 90
3.5 Mortgage tax relief 92
3.6 Housing subsidy and rate fund contributions to local
authorities, England 1978/9-1986/7 92
3.7 Mortgage arrears and repossessions by building societies,
United Kingdom 1979-86 93
4.1 Social security models 126
5.1 The effect of administration and policy changes on the
registered number of unemployed 1981-6 137
5.2 Results of Restart interviews 142
5.3 Unemployment and vacancies, September 1987 146
5.4 Percentage of the relevant age group in the population
gaining higher education qualifications 1979 148
5.5 Proportion of 16-18 year olds in full-time education 148
5.6 Unemployment 1988-90 150
7.1 Patterns of sentencing (all courts) 1978-86 190
List of Tables vii
9.1 Some formal differences between public, voluntary and
private social agencies 227
9.2 The mixed economy of welfare: service configurations 230
9.3 Total public sector support for voluntary organisations
1983--6 239
9.4 Growth in public sector support for voluntary
organisations 239
9.5 Residential accommodation for elderly and younger
physically handicapped people in England and
Wales 1977-85 248
List of Figures
3.1 Housing tenure in Great Britain 1914-84 83
3.2 Housing investment programme allocations, England
1978/9-1985/6 86
5.1 Whole economy - actual and trend labour costs 1971-86 133
5.2 UK unemployment rates 1855-1986 134
5.3 Public sector debt as a percentage of GOP at market
prices 1958-88 134
5.4 Skills mismatch 147
5.5 The 'output gap' 1975-87 151
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Acknowledgements
I wish to record my thanks to a small but valued group of friends
and colleagues who helped bring some long-held ideas and
arguments into focus and fruition in this book. Particular thanks
are due to]o Campling, who, as ever, gave me her time and wise
counsel and supported my endeavours throughout. My thanks are
also due to Stephen Kennedy and Victoria Yogman at Macmillan,
who not only liked the outline of the book but encouraged its path
to publication. Special thanks are due to Keith Povey for his skill
and help in sharpening the text and to Ann Lowe who helped with
typing and progress-chasing.
Above all, I must thank my wife, Rosalind Barnes, without
whose support and encouragement this endeavour could never
have succeeded.
MICHAEL MCCARTHY
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