Many mouths : the politics of food in Britain from the workhouse to the welfare state / by Durbach, Nadja, 1971-

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Lawyers for the poor : legal advice, voluntary action and citizenship in England, 1890-1990 / by Bradley, Kate, Dr

Table of Contents: “…Advisory services in the post-war welfare state --…”
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In whose interest? : the privatisation of child protection and social work / by Jones, Ray, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…; 1945-48 and through to the mid-1970s: the welfare state consensus; 1974-79: The wearing away of the welfare state consensus; The 1980s: Thatcherism and the push to privatise and minimise; 5. …”
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Child welfare : historical dimensions, contemporary debates / by Hendrick, Harry

Table of Contents: “…Optimism and liberalism: children of the welfare state, 1945-79; 5. The Conservative age: liberal moments amid poverty, ill-health and punishment, 1979-97; 6. …”
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People, places and identities : themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s /

Table of Contents: “…Voluntary action in the 'welfare state': the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child -- Pat Thane 7. …”
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Estate regeneration and its discontents : public housing, place and inequality in London / by Watt, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Urban inequalities: gentrification and the elite city -- Dispossession: expulsions, displacement and un-homing -- The structure of the book -- Part I Policy analysis and research context -- 2 Housing policy: the rise and fall of public housing -- The wobbly pillar of the welfare state -- Towards housing decommodification: the expansionary period of public housing -- Municipalism and labourism -- Keynesian welfare state -- Recommodification: the contractionary period of public housing -- Local government proto-Thatcherite housing policy -- Roll back to roll on and on neoliberalism…”
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Bankruptcy : the case for relief in an economy of debt / by Spooner, Joseph Tobias, 1985-

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Thatcher's progress : from social democracy to market liberalism through an English new town / by Ortolano, Guy

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Struggle and suffrage in Huddersfield : women's lives and the fight for equality / by Teasdale, Vivien

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Five: Community LifeWomen's organisations and the Embryonic Welfare State; Religion; Plate section; Chapter Six: Legal Life; As a criminal; In prison; As law enforcers; Chapter Seven: Social Life; Shopping; Fashion; Arts; Sports; Entertainment; Chapter Eight: Impact of War; The South African (Boer) War; The First World War; The Second World War; Chapter Nine: A Moving Population; Emigration; Immigration; Irish; Jews; Polish; Commonwealth countries; Bibliography; Endnotes; Index; Back Cover.…”
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Social-imperialism in Britain : the Lancashire working class and two World Wars / by Redfern, Neil

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Social policy, political economy and the social contract / by Wistow, Jonathan

Table of Contents: “…Front Cover -- Social Policy, Political Economy and the Social Contract -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- 1 Introduction -- The social contract -- Social policy -- Structure of the book -- 2 The political economy -- Introduction -- The 'golden age' of the post-war welfare state -- Neoliberal influence -- Contradictions and inconsistencies in neoliberalism -- The ongoing appeal of neoliberalism -- UK governments in the neoliberal era -- Thatcherism -- New Labour -- The coalition government and austerity -- New Public Management and governance -- Post-democracy -- Conclusion -- 3 Globalisation and devolution -- Introduction -- Global economy -- Global social policy -- Devolution -- England and the EU -- Conclusion -- 4 Place: uneven geographies and spatial inequalities -- Introduction -- London, the cause of and solution to all our problems -- Regional disparities -- Land and housing -- Land -- Housing -- Conclusion -- 5 Health and health inequalities -- Introduction -- Health and health inequalities -- Relationship with the political economy -- Health and health-related policy -- Health, health inequalities and the social contract -- 6 Social mobility -- Introduction -- Social mobility and the social contract -- Social mobility and social policy -- Social mobility and the political economy -- Conclusion -- 7 The intergenerational contract -- Introduction -- The intergenerational contract: young and relatively young -- The intergenerational contract: ageing -- Routes and conditions for change -- Conclusion -- 8 Conclusion -- Social attitudes and crisis -- A more equitable social contract? …”
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A shrinking island : modernism and national culture in England / by Esty, Joshua, 1967-

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The man who invented the chromosome : the life of Cyril Darlington / by Harman, Oren Solomon

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A history of adoption in England and Wales 1850-1961 / by Rossini, Gill

Table of Contents: “…The Brave New World of the Welfare StateThe Adoption 'Boom'; Mother and Baby Homes Post 1945; Guiding the New Parents; Eleanor's Story; Changes on the Horizon: The 1960s and Beyond; Postscript: Adoption as Quiet Revolution; 6. …”
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