TY - BOOK ID - 101072952 TI - Welfare policy under New Labour : views from inside Westminster AU - Bochel, Hugh M. AU - Defty, Andrew PY - 2007 SN - 1447304225 1281159891 9786611159894 1847421741 1861347901 PB - Bristol : Policy Press, DB - UniCat KW - Public welfare. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public welfare KW - Human Services. KW - Public Policy KW - Social Services & Welfare. KW - Great Britain. KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - Behavioral sciences KW - Human sciences KW - Sciences, Social KW - Social science KW - Social studies KW - Civilization KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Poor relief KW - Public assistance KW - Public charities KW - Public relief KW - Public welfare reform KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Social welfare KW - Welfare (Public assistance) KW - Welfare reform KW - Human services KW - Social service KW - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101072952 AB - Based on an extensive series of interviews with MPs and Peers from across Parliament, the book traces the dynamics of political debate on welfare both between and within parties; assesses the emergence of a new political consensus on welfare; details the welfare policy environment and the reform of Parliament under Labour; examines the extent to which MPs support developments in welfare policy; provides the most detailed assessment to date of MPs' attitudes to welfare and their views on the future of the welfare state under Blair and beyond and offers the first consideration of the role of the reconstituted House of Lords in the scrutiny of welfare policy. "Welfare policy under New Labour" provides a timely examination of the role of Parliament in the policy process. It will prove invaluable to scholars and students of social policy and British politics and professionals working in social work and welfare policy. It also provides useful insights for those who wish to lobby Parliament in these fields. ER -