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ARTICLE PRESENTS A DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF CURRENT CRITICISM IN BRITAIN OF THE "WELFARE STATE". THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE DISILLUSION OF THE LEFT RESTS ON AN INADEQUATE ANALYSIS OF THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK OF SOCIAL POLICY; CRITICISM OF THE RIGHT IS ALSO EXAMINED. LIKELY CONSTRAINTS ON SOCIAL POLICY IN THE 80'S ARE DISCUSSED.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: The politics of creation -- The emerging consensus -- The curtain goes up -- Coalition compromises -- Private negotiation into public controversy -- Whose victory was it? -- References -- 2: The politics of consolidation -- Infinite demands, finite means -- Whatever is best administered is best -- Centre-periphery relations: the circle refuses to be squared -- The pattern of inequalities -- Professional influence and public power -- Agenda for the future -- References -- 3: The politics of technocratic change -- Growing scarcity in an era of growth -- Planning and rationing -- National policy and medical decisions -- In search of an organisational fix -- References -- 4: The politics of disillusionment -- The NHS in a new economic and intellectual environment -- The exploding health care policy arena -- The politics of ideological confrontation: a case study -- The politics of organisational stasis -- Back to the drawing board -- References -- 5: The politics of value for money -- The changing environment -- Political v. financial constraints -- The return to centralisation -- The new managerialism -- A drift to privatisation? -- Controlling the gatekeepers -- References -- 6: The politics of the big bang -- A dialogue of the deaf -- Reviewing the options -- An explosion of opposition -- General practitioners on the rampage -- Implementation as learning -- New themes in the health policy arena -- A new hierarchy of command -- The Conservative legacy -- References -- 7: The politics of The Third Way -- The Third Way -- New Labour in office -- Strategy for the NHS -- Regulating the medical profession -- Resources, rationing and crisis -- Commanding but not controlling? -- References -- 8: The politics of reinvention -- Economic success, political victory.