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The founding of the welfare state in the 1940s has been seen as the crowning achievement of modern British social history. In this controversial book, however, journalist James Bartholomew argues that it has undermined the very decency and kindness that first inspired it, causing thousands of people to live in deprivation and resulting in a generation of badly educated and dependent citizens.
James Bartholomew is a leader writer and columnist for the Daily Telegraph. He lives in London.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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The corruption of the British welfare state,
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This review is from: The Welfare State We're in (Hardcover)
Many Americans look to the European welfare state as the answer to the inequality and social problems that affect American society. In The Welfare State We're In, British journalist James Bartholomew demonstrates that the welfare state actually makes matters far worse. This book, which is extensively researched and extremely well-written, explains how well-meaning efforts to relieve distress have exacerbated exactly the problems they were meant to relieve. Bartholomew targets the full range of social services which were taken over by the state in the 20th century, everything from health and education to pensions and housing for the poor. In every case, he successfully deploys statistical and anecdotal evidence showing how bureaucracies-far from solving social problems-- have become dependent upon the perpetuation of the problems they are supposed to address. He shows how government handouts have corrupted morals by inviting fraud, and he shows just how widespead that fraud is. Among the most corrosive effects of the welfare state are the resentment and depression felt by those who become dependent upon handouts and services. For Americans, perhaps the most unsettling evidence is his account of the effects of welfare for single mothers. No one will be able to read this book and still believe that America has a lot to learn from the supposedly more humane and liberal cultures of Europe.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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History we weren't taught,
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This review is from: The Welfare State We're in (Hardcover)
This book lays down clearly the history of 'welfare' and other things within Britian from when it started to today. I couldn't put this book down, as it contained the history that we weren't taught at school and the decisions that have been made to end up with the society we have today in Britain. But it is equally relevent to how the welfare state has developed in other countries. Buy it read it, it will open your eyes as to why western society is heading towards a major disaster unless citizens of today do something about it.
2 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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it`s not accurate,
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This review is from: The Welfare State We're in (Hardcover)
our history and culture is not taught to usit`s always some of the other class that writes their own slant
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