03635nam 22006851 450 991077849110332120110411071653.00-7556-2254-51-282-61933-097866126193350-85771-646-81-4416-2906-8600-00-2121-610.5040/9780755622542(CKB)1000000000799724(EBL)677098(OCoLC)710975963(SSID)ssj0000427264(PQKBManifestationID)12182581(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000427264(PQKBWorkID)10405453(PQKB)11470851(MiAaPQ)EBC677098(OCoLC)1157216531(UtOrBLW)bpp09265195(Au-PeEL)EBL677098(CaONFJC)MIL261933(EXLCZ)99100000000079972420200603d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRichard Crossman and the welfare state pioneer of welfare provision and Labour politics in post-war Britain /Stephen ThorntonLondon ;New York, NY :Tauris Academic Studies,2009.1 online resource (220 p.)International library of political studies ;27Description based upon print version of record.1-84511-848-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages [196]-201) and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: Guide to the book -- Chapter 1: Ideas, Individuals, Circumstances, and Interests -- Chapter 2: Challenging Beveridge -- Chapter 3: The Cunning Plan -- Chapter 4: The Rival -- Chapter 5: Into the Storm -- Chapter 6: A Story Rich in Lessons -- Conclusion: Crossman's legacy."Generally remembered as a notorious diarist rather than a serious political figure, Richard Crossman's imposing presence in Harold Wilson's Cabinet during the 1964-1970 Labour governments proved, not least to himself, a disappointment. However, in this new reassessment, Stephen Thornton rescues Crossman's political achievements from obscurity. From 1955 to the end of his life in 1974, Crossman was committed to a radical scheme that promised to break Britain free from the existing Beveridge model of welfare provision and transform the social security regime in the UK. Although the scheme as Crossman envisaged it was not directly implemented, his actions did prompt highly significant modifications to both Labour and, more surprisingly, Conservative social security policy. Here Crossman's reputation as a towering figure of the patrician Left is rehabilitated as Thornton argues that in the era of New Labour the lessons Crossman learned from his project of welfare reform are more valuable and relevant than ever. Conclusion: Crossman's legacy."--Bloomsbury publishing.International library of political studies ;27.StatesmenGreat BritainBiographyWelfare stateGreat BritainHistory20th centuryCentral government policiesBICGreat BritainPolitics and government1945-1964Great BritainPolitics and government1964-1979StatesmenWelfare stateHistoryCentral government policies.941.085092Thornton Stephen1970-976326UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910778491103321Richard Crossman and the welfare state3773360UNINA