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Next Welfare State? : UK Welfare After COVID-19, Paperback by Pierson, Christopher, ISBN 1447361199, ISBN-13 9781447361190, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US The author examines the impact of COVID-19 on the welfare state in the UK, within the context of the broader property regime, looking at how and why the welfare state of the past disappeared, its current status, and its future. He explores the welfare regime at the end of 10 years of Conservative-led government and before the COVID-19 pandemic; the social democratic government that preceded the Conservative ascendancy after 2010 and what New Labour achieved in terms of income inequality, wealth inequality, poverty, social mobility, inheritance, and other areas; the history of Labour's ideas about the welfare state, including its key thinkers; the future issues of aging, the changing nature of work, and climate change and possible solutions; and the impact of COVID-19. Distributed in the US by University of Chicago Press. Annotation ©2021 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()