Martin Pugh on the popularity of the welfare state
Martin Pugh, 4 February 1988
British Social Attitudes: The 1987 Report
edited by Roger Jowell, Sharon Witherspoon and Lindsay Brock.
Gower, 260 pp., £28.50, October 1987,0 556 00740 9 Show More
edited by Roger Jowell, Sharon Witherspoon and Lindsay Brock.
Gower, 260 pp., £28.50, October 1987,
Educational Opportunity and Social Change in England
by Michael Sanderson.
Faber, 164 pp., £3.95, September 1987,9780571148769 Show More
by Michael Sanderson.
Faber, 164 pp., £3.95, September 1987,
Wealth and Inequality in Britain
by W.D. Rubinstein.
Faber, 167 pp., £3.95, August 1986,0 571 13924 8 Show More
by W.D. Rubinstein.
Faber, 167 pp., £3.95, August 1986,
AProperty-Owning Democracy? Housing in Britain
by M.J. Daunton.
Faber, 148 pp., £3.95, September 1987,0 571 14615 5 Show More
by M.J. Daunton.
Faber, 148 pp., £3.95, September 1987,
The Government of Space: Town Planning in Modern Society
by Alison Ravetz.
Faber, 154 pp., £3.95, August 1986,9780571145683 Show More
by Alison Ravetz.
Faber, 154 pp., £3.95, August 1986,
“... One of the few growth areas in Britain today is the Thatcher industry. Battalions of journalists, political scientists and ‘contemporary historians’ are busily exploiting the phenomenon of ‘Thatcherism’ by analysing its origins, meaning and impact. No doubt, from the perspective of the British political élite, cocooned in the hothouse atmosphere of Whitehall-Westminster, it appears a very real thing ... ”
