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Ever since 1942, when Sir William Beveridge first identified the five evils haunting Britain - want, disease, igrance, squalor and idleness - and proposed that the government do something to combat each of them, the welfare state has been the most important, most controversial, most politicized, most expensive and most loved element in British public life. Even those who seek to dismantle it agree that it represents the British state's finest single achievement. It proves what can be done when the best intentions are allied with a strong political will and, of course, the cash of ordinary Britons. Beveridge was originally only supposed to sort out the web of insurance services stifling Britain. This book recounts how his original vision and campaign blossomed ermously to inspire a country at war with the hope that the peace might bring comfort and security for all. The tale thereafter hums with the energies and passions of activists, dreamers and ordinary Britons, and seethes with personal vendettas, forced compromises, arguments about money, awkward contradictions, isy rows and fervent perseverance. The author, who has seen the welfare state work every day for the last two decades, assesses the key personalities, the key problems, the key victories and key defeats in this anecdotal study of the Welfare State, from the 1940s to the present day.

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Publisher
Fontana Press, Harpercollins Publishers
ISBN-10
0006863183
ISBN-13
9780006863182
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95584722

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Author
Nicholas Timmins
Format
Unsewn / Adhesive Bound,B-Format Paperback, Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Social Issues, Services & Welfare
Genre
Social Issues, Services & Welfare

Dimensions

Weight
467g
Height
198mm
Width
129mm

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Place of Publication
London
Spine
26mm
Content Note
12pp B&W Photographs
Out-Of-Print Date
17/10/2003
Date of Publication
05/02/1996
Edition Statement
New Edition
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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The Five Giants: A Biography of the Welfare State by Nicholas Timmins (Paperback, 1996)

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