Book of Donmon Teith

A fully updated edition of a controversial book suggesting that Britain's welfare state, including National Health Service, social security, education, pensions

The welfare state is one of Britain's crowning achievements. Or is it? In this seminal book, now studied in universities in Britain and elsewhere, James Barthol

This 'Very Short Introduction' discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological,

What damage is being done by failing welfare states? What lessons can be learned from the best welfare states? And—is it too late to stop welfare states from

A comparative analysis of social policies in Britain and France between 1914 and 1945.