Unit 2 The History and Development of the Welfare State Task 2: Essay (AC 2.1, 2.2)Produce a briefing document of 800 words outlining the key social policy and economic developments in the development of the welfare state in Britain since 1942?There are many economic and social policy developments that have taken place since the Beveridge Report was published in 1942. In your briefing document you need to select what you think are the most important developments and analyse the key social and economic factors that influenced these developments. You only need to type the first paragraph above at the top of the page where you are answering the task question. You can answer the task question in the following way: Introduction: (150 words)Start you task 2 answer with an introduction to the welfare state. In your introduction include the following; Define the welfare state include in this a brief definition of welfare, and then move on to defining the welfare state by including: Whose idea was the welfare state and which government implemented it and when How was it linked to the past? What were the key aims and principles behind the welfare state include here the 5 giants, name each and then link two to the key social policy area connected to each. Then name 3 or 4 key ideological principles that underpinned the creation of the welfare state The post-war consensus (100 words)Provide a definition of the post-war consensus by covering the following; To what extent was it upheld What led to the undoing of the post-war consensus (think structural and ideological) Social welfare reform under Margaret Thatchers Conservative Government 1979 1997 (200 words) Link Thatchers social welfare reforms to the opportunities presented by the reasons why the post war consensus came to an end see above List 3 key principles behind Thatchers reforms (make sure you link these to New Right ideology) and link each to an example of social policy reform. You can say something about how successful, or what impact these had on people and society Social welfare policy reform under the New Labour Government of Tony Blair 1997 2010 (200 words) What were the key social welfare policy aims of the Blair government when they came to power? Outline these and why they wanted to pursue these. Then outline the ideological principles behind these aims talk about the Third Way (New Left) and how the New Labour approach to welfare state reform aimed to be different to both the New Right and Social Democratic directions. Provide a couple of examples of social policies under Blairs Labour government how successful were these? What impact did they have? for impact do a little of your own research. Google New Labour a and welfare impact Social welfare policy reform under the Coalition and then Conservative governments 2010 to 2020 (200 words) What were the key social welfare policy aims of the Coalition and Conservative governments when they came to power? Outline these and why they wanted to pursue this policy direction. What were the ideological principles behind this new direction of welfare policy reform? Link to New Right ideas. Provide a couple of examples of welfare social policy how successful were these? What impact did they have? Please use the Assignment Checklist in the same folder as the Assignment Brief and guides to make sure you are following the correct academic conventions. For example, use the correct line spacing, font size and style, correct paragraph spacing etc. And check through your work thoroughly for grammar, punctuation and spelling errors in good time before submitting. Use the auto correct function to do this in Word to do this.
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