Martin Pugh on the popularity of the welfare state
Martin Pugh, 4 February 1988
British Social Attitudes: The 1987 Report
edited by Roger Jowell, Sharon Witherspoon and Lindsay Brock.
Gower, 260 pp., £28.50, October 1987,0 556 00740 9 Show More
edited by Roger Jowell, Sharon Witherspoon and Lindsay Brock.
Gower, 260 pp., £28.50, October 1987,
Educational Opportunity and Social Change in England
by Michael Sanderson.
Faber, 164 pp., £3.95, September 1987,9780571148769 Show More
by Michael Sanderson.
Faber, 164 pp., £3.95, September 1987,
Wealth and Inequality in Britain
by W.D. Rubinstein.
Faber, 167 pp., £3.95, August 1986,0 571 13924 8 Show More
by W.D. Rubinstein.
Faber, 167 pp., £3.95, August 1986,
AProperty-Owning Democracy? Housing in Britain
by M.J. Daunton.
Faber, 148 pp., £3.95, September 1987,0 571 14615 5 Show More
by M.J. Daunton.
Faber, 148 pp., £3.95, September 1987,
The Government of Space: Town Planning in Modern Society
by Alison Ravetz.
Faber, 154 pp., £3.95, August 1986,9780571145683 Show More
by Alison Ravetz.
Faber, 154 pp., £3.95, August 1986,
“... council housing that it becomes difficult to see why the policy emerged at all. In this respect, Alison Ravetz offers a different view, in that she stresses the tradition of public housing, especially in connection with bodies like the London County Council, as a series of steps from the late 19th century onwards. Her emphasis diverges also in placing ... ”
