Renwick, Chris,  1980- <br/><br/>
Bread for all :  the origins of the welfare state / 
Chris Renwick. 
 - 322 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published: London: Allen Lane, 2017.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/> Today, everybody seems to agree that something has gone badly wrong with the British welfare state. In the midst of economic crisis, politicians and commentators talk about benefits as a lifestyle choice, and of 'skivers' living off hard-working 'strivers' as they debate what a welfare state fit for the 21st century might look like. This major new history tells the story of one of the greatest transformations in British intellectual, social and political life: the creation of the welfare state, from the Victorian workhouse, where you had to be destitute to receive help, to a moment just after the Second World War, when government embraced responsibilities for people's housing, education, health and family life, a commitment that was unimaginable just a century earlier. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780141980355 (pbk.) :  9.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Welfare state--Great Britain.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN400.W4  / R4 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>361.65