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"This book provides the definitive account of the making of the 1942 Beveridge Report and its influence on wartime and post-war social policy. The Beveridge Report: Blueprint for the Welfare State aims to offer a definitive analysis of the famous document, so influential in the founding of the National Health Service and other bodies and which still resonates in current debates about "getting back to Beveridge" and a "Beveridge for the 21st Century". It is based on extensive research into the papers of the Beveridge Committee, official Government archives and the papers of contemporary politicians and groups. Published to coincide with the Report's 80th anniversary, the book is treated as a case study in policy formulation during the 1940s. Key features of the book include The first systematic review and assessment of the work of the Beveridge committee and the evidence submitted to it Detailed analysis of the enthusiastic reception of the Report and the government's lukewarm attitude A full survey of the detailed planning for welfare reform and Beveridge's role when excluded from it An assessment of the influence of Beveridge upon the creation of the Welfare State by Attlee's Labour Government This important text would be of interest to scholars of 20th-century Great Britain, social history, political history and contemporary politics and comparative health and education systems"--

The book provides a comprehensive history of the third-largest Jewish community in Britain and fills an acknowledged gap in both Jewish and urban historiography. Bringing together the latest research and building on earlier local studies, the book provides an analysis of the special features which shaped the community in Leeds. Organised in three sections, Context, Chronology and Contours, the book demonstrates how Jews have influenced the city and how the city has influenced the community. A small community was transformed by the late Victorian influx of poor migrants from the Russian Empire and within two generations had become successfully integrated into the city's social and economic structure. More than a dozen authors contribute to this definitive history and the editor provides both an introductory and concluding overview which brings the story up to the present day. The book will be of interest to both historians and general readers

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Select time chart, 1801-2016 -- 1 Introduction: Perspectives on the history of welfare -- 2 The factory question -- I The factory child -- II The state steps in, 1830-3 -- III The achievement of a 10-hour day -- 3 The Poor Law -- I The 43rd of Elizabeth -- II The road to 1834 -- III The new Poor Law -- 4 Public health -- I The nature of the problem -- II Propaganda in the age of Chadwick -- III Administrative growth in the age of Simon -- 5 Education and welfare -- I Elementary education -- II Medical services -- III Law and order -- 6 Laissez-faire and state intervention in the mid-nineteenth century -- I Social ideas to c.1870 -- II Mutual aid and working-class self-help -- III Social theory and state intervention -- 7 The growing awareness of poverty -- I Victorian philanthropy and the Charity Organisation Society -- II Poverty revealed -- III Poverty and late Victorian politics -- 8 Liberal social policy, 1905-14 -- I The young and the old -- II Lloyd George and the origins of the Welfare State -- III Liberal social policy and the problem of work -- 9 Politics and policy, 1914-39 -- I War and post-war -- II The central problem of unemployment -- III Other areas of social policy -- 10 War and welfare in the 1940s -- I The Second World War -- II Labour and the creation of the Welfare State -- 11 The Welfare State in Modern Britain -- I Welfare consensus, c.1951-c.1979 -- II Thatcherism and the Welfare State in crisis, 1979-97 -- III New Labour and the Third Way -- IV Welfare in an age of austerity -- 12 Conclusion -- I Two centuries of welfare history: An overview -- Notes and references -- Documentary appendix -- Select bibliography -- Index.

<strong>Margarita M. Balmaceda. <em>The Politics of Energy Dependency: Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania between Domestic Oligarchs and Russian Pressure. </em></strong>Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy. Eds. Michael Howlett, David Laycock, and Stephen McBride.<strong><em> </em></strong>Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013. xiv, 445 pp. Maps. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Cloth.

The contention of this article is that the campaign and challenge of the National Secular Society (NSS) campaign against chaplaincy is an excellent opportunity for modern chaplaincy within the health care setting to articulate its worth and ongoing validity. It allows for a critical reflection on the service so that its fundamental significance and value within the NHS can be affirmed. The article will first consider the key issues within the challenge of the NSS before going on to consider the purpose and core values of the NHS. The experience of hospitalisation will be discussed and the nature of modern chaplaincy described. In conclusion, the strands of the debate will be gathered together to sharpen attention and argue for the need for a clear understanding and articulation of modern day chaplaincy within the challenging environment of the NHS.

The need to focus on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as part of the professional life of the chaplain is explored with reference to nationally agreed criteria. A six stage model is utilized to enable some shape to be given to the process. Attention is paid to the use of self within the process and the implications for the individual chaplain as well as the team leader chaplain are considered.

The need for chaplains to articulate their speciality and distinctiveness is vital. Such self-definition aids our working with others, as they more fully understand our role and function. This will increase the confidence and skills of the pastoral practitioner and thereby enable the chaplain to demonstrate more effectively the worth and benefit of chaplaincy involvement in healthcare.

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