Soc policy - chappy 2

Question 1

What is significant about the late 1930s early 1940s?

What was the main motivation for this push?

Answer 1

British welfare state born in 1945 - voters elected first labour government
First social programs - unemployment insurance, family allowances and old age security (after 1939)
Altruism

Question 2

What is another motive for social welfare investment other than altruism?

Answer 2

Social welfare is a method to “buy off” the masses as the rich fear an uprising by the poor - never amounts to much
Product of hard-fought victories by trade unions on behalf of their members

Question 3

What happened at the end of the post-war consensus?

Answer 3

Sharing the pie between capital and labour ends after oil prices rise (downturn in world economy)

Question 4

What is the unemployment act?

Answer 4

Workers pay premiums into the system where they work - should they be jobless, they could draw cash benefits

Question 5

Define:
Counter-cyclical spending
Stagflation

Answer 5

When the economy goes bad and unemployment increases, government spending government can moderate the overall decline
Low or stagnant economic growth, accompanied by high inflation