The Treasury and Social Policy

The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy

• Author(s): N. Deakin, R. Parry,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 234
• ISBN_10: 0333982347
  ISBN_13: 9780333982341
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / World / European , Political Science / Political Economy , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy , Political Science / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare , Political Science / History & Theory , Political Science / Public Policy / General ,

Description:... 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.