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  • Essay / The Societal Context of Professional Work - 1866

    The Liberal Party won a landslide electoral victory in December 1905. It introduced a program of social reform that laid the foundations of the welfare state. This meant that the government accepted responsibility for the lives of its citizens. Sir William Beveridge chaired a government commission into the welfare system. It seizes the opportunity to rewrite the welfare system script and redraw the contours of the British welfare system. The Beveridge Report, distributed in 1942, was the welfare state blueprint put forward by the Labor government after the war. He said there were "five giants" blocking progress, namely want, disease, misery, ignorance and idleness. His report recommended methods to overcome all these obstacles. His response to "need" and "disease" was a protection plan, which would be managed by all workers, employers and the state by making a single weekly payment, which would enable free national health service, benefits in the event of illness, disability and unemployment. and old age, and authorize family allowances. This meant that the state would care for its citizens “from cradle to grave.” In 1948, the National Health Service (Scotland) Act and the National Insurance Scheme were implemented by the Labor Administration and the NHS was established (Field, 2011). Titmuss (2001) was known for shaping the attitudes of a generation on social policy issues. Although he is not well known, his work has contributed to social welfare strategies that could touch the lives of many people. His work played a crucial role in the study of social arrangement as an experimental order; it served to shape the improvement of the British welfare state and had an impact on the intended social approach...... middle of article ......bilitystudies.leeds.ac.uk /files/library/BCODP-workbook4.pdfThe Guardian, (2013). The complexity of defining community. Retrieved April 8, 2014 from http://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2013/may/03/community-spurs-fansTheos, (2014). The future of well-being: a Theos collection. Retrieved April 9, 2014 from http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/files/files/Reports/The%20future%20of%20welfare%20a%20theos%20collection%20combined.pdf Titmuss, R. (2001). Welfare and well-being: Richard Titmuss's contribution to social policy. Bristol: Political Press. Triandis, H. (1971). Attitude and attitude change. New York: John Wiley & Sons. White, A. (2013). Why is he silent on the impact of social cuts on disabled people? Retrieved April 13, 2014 from http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2013/07/why-there-silence-impact-welfare-cuts-disabled-people