Welfare for All?

Synopsis

Uses contemporary archive film to present interviews with people who remenber the ‘birth’ of the post-war welfare state. Traces the influence of pre-war social and exonomic conditions and World War 2 experiences in the construction of the welfare state and suggests that the Beveridgean wefare state was a contradictory and complex set of arrangements that included and protected some segments of the population, but excluded and subordinated other categories of people.

Series

Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity, Course D218

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min.

Year of production

1998

Availability

OUT OF DISTRIBUTION

Subjects

Sociology

Keywords

social policy; welfare services

Production Company

Name

BBC Open University Productions

Distributor

Name

Open University Worldwide

Web

http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 1908 274066

Address

Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA

Notes

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