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For example, Bruce M. , (1966), The Coming of the Welfare Stale, Bats ford. London; or Fraser D. , (1984), Evolution of the British Welfare Stale (2nd edition), Macmillan, London.

For example: Peden G.C. , (1985), British Economic and Social Policy: Lloyd George to Margaret Thatcher, Philip Allen, London; or Checkland S. , (1983). British Public Policy, 1776–1939, an economic, social and political perspective, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.