Publisher's Synopsis
This book examines Members of Parliaments? influence on welfare policy during the Conservative governments of 1979 to 1987. It discusses recent debates on the politics of welfare and on British government in the context of other changes in British society and politics. It uses a survey of MP?s attitudes to welfare and case studies of two pieces of legislation to examine MP?s views on welfare and their ability to influence policy. It suggests that there was a clear lack of consensus on welfare policy. The books finds that MPs are more important as channels of influence than as originators of policy. -
