THATCHERISM: The New Right, anti-collectivist 1979-1990
criticisms of welfare state
3. removes
freedom of
choice
1. develops
increased public
demand
2. drains sense of self
responsibility
4. Managed and designed by
welfare professionals so
services often inappropriate
to real peoples needs
5. Monoply of services existed which
meant that care providers can afford not
to listen to service users needs and
wants
aimed to decrease
g'ment spending on
welfare state
was increased
demands on public
purse; number of
people drawing
state pension
increased in the
60's +70's.
Increased number
of older people
living into old age.
Demands on
health care rose as
range of treatment
avaliable grew and
people lived longer