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The Heath Premiership: Existing Academic Perspectives Read chapter Read first chapter

2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

7. Social Security Policy

Author : Ruth Davidson

Published in: Policies and Politics Under Prime Minister Edward Heath

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to assess the approach of the Heath premiership in relation to social security. The chapter argues that the Heath government entered power with a broad approach towards social security to which, for the most part, they adhered. The chapter argues that despite the brevity of their time in office, social security saw a plethora of new pieces of legislation which had an underlying ideological coherence. The chapter emphasises their challenge to universalism and their interpretation of welfare as a ‘safety net’, and in doing so, it identifies the centrality of selectivity and self-provision to their policy ideas. As this was the era in which many of the Beveridge strictures were challenged, the chapter highlights the importance of the Heath premiership as a catalyst for the future trajectory of social security policy.

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Metadata
Title
Social Security Policy
Author
Ruth Davidson
Copyright Year
2021
Book
Policies and Politics Under Prime Minister Edward Heath

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-53672-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-53673-2

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53673-2_7

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