The Beveridge Report - Blueprint for the Welfare State

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 theWelfare State aims to offer a definitive analysis of the famous document, so influential in the founding of the Welfare State and the National Health Service, 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