The Treasury and Social Policy: The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy (Transforming Government) - Softcover

Deakin, N.; Parry, R.

 
9781349412754: The Treasury and Social Policy: The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy (Transforming Government)
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ISBN 10: 1349412759 ISBN 13: 9781349412754
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon Brown's chancellorship.

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About the Author

NICHOLAS DEAKIN is Honorary Professor of Social Policy at the University of Birmingham, where he was Professor from 1980 to 1998, and previously worked in the Home Office and Greater London Council. His publications include The Politics of Welfare.

RICHARD PARRY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh, where he has worked since 1981. His publications include the United Kingdom sections of Growth to Limits and articles and chapters on the politics of social policy in Scotland, Britain and Europe.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1349412759
ISBN 13 
9781349412754
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
250

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