You will examine the development of policies and services such as health and social security that were created to eradicate postwar social problems, through a focus on the famous Beveridge Report of 1942, which identified the ‘Five Giants’ of want, disease, squalor, ignorance and idleness. Then using experiences in Glasgow as a lens, you will have the opportunity to study current responses to social problems such as crime, youth gangs, drugs misuse and urban deprivation.