- Title Pages
- Sources of extracts
- Introduction
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Part 1 The family, poverty and population -
Chapter One The nation's wealth -
Chapter Two The summation of poverty -
Chapter Three A measurement of human progress -
Chapter Four The position of women -
Part 2 The ‘welfare state’ -
Chapter One The welfare state: Images and realities -
Chapter Two The social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity -
Chapter Three War and social policy -
Chapter Four Unfinished business -
Part 3 Redistribution, universality and inequality -
Chapter One The role of redistribution in social policy -
Chapter Two Welfare state and welfare society -
Chapter Three Social welfare and the art of giving -
Part 4 Power, policy and privilege -
Chapter One The irresponsible society -
Chapter Two The need for a new approach -
Part 5 International and comparative dimensions -
Chapter One The international perspective -
Chapter Two Developing social policy in conditions of rapid change: The role of social welfare -
Part 6 The subject of social policy -
Chapter One The subject of social administration -
Chapter Two What is social policy? -
Chapter Three Values and choices - Bibliography
- Index
The welfare state: Images and realities
The welfare state: Images and realities
- Chapter:
- (p.49) Chapter One The welfare state: Images and realities
- Source:
- Welfare and wellbeing
- Author(s):
Tania Burchardt
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This chapter examines the extract from Titmuss's ‘The welfare state: Images and realities’, originally presented at the University of California in 1962. It notes that Titmuss traces the history of the term ‘welfare state’: it came into common use in Britain only in the 1950s — several years after the Beveridge report, the foundation of the National Health Service (NHS), and the passing of the National Assistance Act. It explains that Titmuss identifies two kinds of meaning of ‘the welfare state’ in 1960s Britain, where one differentiates it from other kinds of state (communist, pre-industrial), while the other refers to a state within a state — that part of government activity which is concerned with promoting the welfare of citizens.
Keywords: welfare state, University of California, Titmuss, Britain, Beveridge report, National Health Service, National Assistance Act, welfare
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- Title Pages
- Sources of extracts
- Introduction
-
Part 1 The family, poverty and population -
Chapter One The nation's wealth -
Chapter Two The summation of poverty -
Chapter Three A measurement of human progress -
Chapter Four The position of women -
Part 2 The ‘welfare state’ -
Chapter One The welfare state: Images and realities -
Chapter Two The social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity -
Chapter Three War and social policy -
Chapter Four Unfinished business -
Part 3 Redistribution, universality and inequality -
Chapter One The role of redistribution in social policy -
Chapter Two Welfare state and welfare society -
Chapter Three Social welfare and the art of giving -
Part 4 Power, policy and privilege -
Chapter One The irresponsible society -
Chapter Two The need for a new approach -
Part 5 International and comparative dimensions -
Chapter One The international perspective -
Chapter Two Developing social policy in conditions of rapid change: The role of social welfare -
Part 6 The subject of social policy -
Chapter One The subject of social administration -
Chapter Two What is social policy? -
Chapter Three Values and choices - Bibliography
- Index
