A Duty of Care: Britain Before and After Covid

by Peter Hennessy

Book Overview

The 'duty of care' which the state owes to its citizens is a phrase much used, but what has it actually meant in Britain historically? And what should it mean in the future, once the immediate Covid crisis has passed?

In A Duty of Care, Peter Hennessy divides post-war British history into BC (before covid) and AC (after covid). He looks back to Sir William Beveridge's classic identification of the 'five giants' against which society had to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141995661
• ISBN13: 9780141995663
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.