The Beveridge Legacy: implications for care

Labour adopted proposals after winning 1945 election
1. Clement Attlee
welfare state package and family allowance impliemented before ww2 ended
Education Act 1944
1. free secondary education
National insurance act 1946
1. NI entiliment to benefits
Childrens Act 1948
1. created Local authority children's deperatments
National assitance act
1. Means tested sfatey net not covered by NI
Housing act 1949
1. public sector housing
social care acts
1. childres act
2. National assistance act
  1. seen as to deal with problem people
Only UK and Sweden welfare states based on universalism
1. Universalism - goal of making benefits and services available to everyone irrespective of status or ability topay
Flaws
1. benefits and pensions
  1. more people turning to National assistance
  2. Benefits level set too low
2. Gender roles
  1. assumptions about women
  2. genders not treated equally
    1. me go out to work to support family
    2. women stay at home
  3. some married women as playing a vital role as home marker
    1. not seen as individual contributors
  4. different needs
  5. women's work restricted
geared towards traditional family set ups
Social and cultral changes on 60's 70's
1. Beveridge assumptions looking out of date

Resource summary

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