Published
Sep 30, 2021Page count
174 pagesISBN
978-1447361190Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 30, 2021Page count
174 pagesISBN
978-1447361183Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 30, 2021Page count
174 pagesISBN
978-1447361206Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Sep 30, 2021Page count
174 pagesISBN
978-1447361206Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressIn the media
On our blog: Punishing the children of the poor: Chris Pierson
On our blog: PODCAST: What next for the welfare state?
COVID-19 has transformed the British welfare state. The government has created millions of new beneficiaries, spent tens of billions of pounds it doesn’t have and created a mountain of public debt. And yet, when the crisis has passed, we will be left with all the old problems of welfare and well-being which we have systematically failed to address over the past 50 years.
In this book, Christopher Pierson argues that we need to think quite differently about how we can ensure our collective well-being in the future. To do this, he looks backwards to the welfare state’s origins and development as well as forwards, unearthing some surprising solutions in unexpected places.
Introduction
1. Welfare in an age of austerity
2. The last social democratic welfare state
3. Back to the future, again
4. Future imperfect
5. COVID-19 and after
Conclusion