On Welfare State Policy Of Attlee Government In Britain

The thesis intends to make a study and comment on welfare state policy of Attlee government in Britain. The whole thesis includes three parts.The first part, beginning with the 1945 Britain election, analyses the reason for Labour Party 'coming to power in 1945,and discusses the relative measures that Attlee government took to establish the welfare state. As the above suggests, the thesis points out that the establishment of welfare state institution symbolized that the construction of British state institution had changed greatly.The second part aims at searching for the source of British welfare state, and expounding mainly from three aspects. This part firstly studies the poverty problem which was the historical motivity promoting the shaping of British welfare state during the course of British modernization. Secondly, it elucidates the theoretical foundation of British welfare state, and demonstrates how Fabian socialism, new liberalism and keynesianism provided theoretical ground to the welfare state from different arguemental angles. Finally, it discusses the blueprint of British welfare state-Beveridge Report.The third part mainly evaluates the welfare state policy of Attlee government. First of all, it reveals the significance of the establishment of welfare state institution from two aspects, modernization and state system construction. Then by comparision with Sweden and Germany, this part analyses the character of British welfare state and evaluate the achievement and problems of the policy. At last, this thesis makes a comment on welfare state policy by the emergency of the welfare state crisis.