The Conservative Governments and Social Policy

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Edited by Hugh Bochel, University of Lincoln, Martin Powell, University of Birmingham

Publisher:: Bristol University Press
Online publication date:: December 2024
Print publication year:: 2024
Online ISBN:: 9781447365853
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447365853

Subjects:: Economics, Macroeconomics, Political Sociology, Sociology

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This book examines the policy approaches of Conservative governments since 2015 in key social policy areas including education, health, housing, employment, children and young people and more.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

List of tables and figures
pp v-vi

Notes on contributors
pp vii-xii

1 - Introduction: The Conservative governments from Cameron to Sunak (2015– 23)
pp 1-19

2 - The Conservatives and public spending since 2015
pp 20-44

3 - Turning up the thermostat: the Conservatives, social policy and public opinion
pp 45-64

4 - Brexit and the Conservative Party’s social policies
pp 65-80

5 - The Johnson Conservative government, its conservatism and the pandemic response
pp 81-99

6 - The governance of social policy under the Conservatives
pp 100-115

7 - Conservative health policy, 2015– 23
pp 116-132

8 - The less things change: conservatism, COVID-19 and incoherence in education policy
pp 133-150

9 - Conservative housing policy in England
pp 151-173

10 - Social security policies under the Conservatives 2015– 22: austerity, COVID-19 and the living cost crisis
pp 174-191

11 - Labour market strategies and welfare policies: the Conservative record
pp 192-207

12 - The Conservatives and adult social care
pp 208-224

13 - The Conservatives, family policy and the data revolution
pp 225-242

14 - Troubling social policy during turbulent times: children and UK Conservative governments since 2015
pp 243-259

15 - Conservative criminal justice: a strange rediscovery of ‘law and order’ politics
pp 260-279

16 - Equalities and the Conservatives: the widening of social divisions?
pp 280-297

17 - The Conservative governments, devolution and social policy
pp 298-316

18 - Conclusions
pp 317-329

Index
pp 330-345

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