How to Fix the Welfare State: Some Ideas for Better Social Services

Front Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About The Author -- 1. The Welfare State -- The Challenge To The Welfare State -- The Poor Law And The Welfare State -- The Plan Of The Book -- 2. Social Security -- The Benefit System -- Thinking Differently About Benefits -- Dealing With Complex Rules -- Reforming Benefits -- 3. The National Health Service -- What The Nhs Does -- Preventative Health Care -- Distractions -- The Delivery Of Medical Care -- 4. Social Care -- Residential Care -- Staying In One's Own Home -- Domiciliary Care: Needs And Assessment -- The 'care Package' A Different Approach To Social Care -- 5. Education -- The Education System -- The Leading Narrative: Equality And Inequality -- Education Policy: A New Direction -- 6. Child Protection -- Preventing Child Abuse -- The Development Of Children's Services -- Making Things Better -- 7. Housing -- Housing Tenure -- Housing And The Market -- Access To Housing -- The Real Housing Problem -- The Problems Of Poor Areas -- A Broader Approach -- 8. Employment Services -- Active Labour Market Policy -- The Labour Market In Theory -- Work And Social Security -- How To Make Jobs 9. Equalities And Human Rights -- Institutional Racism -- The Legislation -- Human Rights -- Protection From Injustice -- 10. The Public Services -- Universal Public Services -- The Case For Universality -- Extending Universality -- 11. Towards A Stronger Welfare State -- Some Wrong Directions -- Addressing Common Problems -- Paying For Welfare: Austerity, Retrenchment And Reform -- The Process Of Reform -- After The Pandemic: A New Social Settlement? -- Afterword: A Personal Note -- Index -- Back Cover. Paul Spicker. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.