The treasury and social policy : the contest for control of welfare strategy

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The treasury and social policy : the contest for control of welfare strategy

Nicholas Deakin and Richard Parry

(Transforming government series)

Macmillan, 2000

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2002 printing published: Baskingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan

Includes bibliographical references and index

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What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon Brown's chancellorship.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures General Editor's Foreword Preface and Acknowledgements The Treasury: Images and Realities The Evolution of the Treasury's Intervention in Social Policy Treasury Politics in the Post-PESC Era The Treasury Reinvents Itself The Treasury Forms New Relationships The Calibration of Cash: Social Security More than Moving Money: The Treasury and Public Provision of Services The Territorial Departments and the Detachment of the Treasury The Treasury in Labour's First Year Spending Reviews, Fiscal Strategies and the Treasury in Labour's Core Executive Bibliography Index

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