Evolution And Enlightenment Of The British Post-war Social Welfare System

Modernization of the social security system is an important part of the process of modernization of the world, Britain is the first country in the world to complete the industrial revolution, becoming the basis of the capitalist system and the establishment of a modern social welfare system. After the war the British established the world’s first welfare state, opening the UK and the world of modern social welfare system. The social welfare system has a long history of development, through the Poor Law era, the first period of consensus politics, Thatcher, Blair government, several important changes in development stages with its social welfare system from the beginning of the embryonic stage of development become the world to follow a comprehensive modernization of the social security system, social welfare system can be studied as the UK build and improve the wealth of accumulated experience and lessons of China’s social security system.This article is organized as follows:Introduction section includes research background, significance and research status; first chapter begins the body, mainly the period have been summarized from the Poor Law to social welfare and social welfare systems thinking this period of pre-war Britain establishment and development, the main contents of the social welfare system of the old and new ideas and Poor Law period, the social insurance system established during the reign of the Liberal Party,"Beveridge Report" produced and influence; Chapter II, Chapter III, Chapter IV is the main part of this article, are summarized in chronological order:the first period of the British political consensus, under the guidance of the building Keynesian welfare state, the British Labour Party and the Conservative Party to implement large-scale nationalization movement for battered by war Britain restored strength to play a pivotal role; Margaret Thatcher was in power, under the guidance of Thatcherism, the British government began to reduce government intervention in the economy and society, the introduction of market factors in the social welfare system; Blair’s New Labour era, to the "Third way" as the guiding ideology of the building open country journey and a positive social investment social welfare system, the ruling Labor Party to achieve the status of three consecutive. The fifth chapter is mainly based on the above discussion chapters summarized some of the Social Security System in China are important revelation, mainly in the social security system to achieve social justice.