Next Welfare State?

$26.49

Taxes may apply at checkout.

Preview sample

Next Welfare State?

UK Welfare after COVID-19

Social welfare and social services Political economy

Author: Christopher Pierson

Dinosaur mascot

Language: English

Published by: Policy Press

Published on: 30th September 2021

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 174 pages

ISBN: 9781447361206


COVID-19 and the British 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.

About the Book

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.

Show moreShow less