Contents

pp iii-iv

Notes on contributors

pp v-vi

Introduction

pp 1-10

Part One - Developments in UK social policy

pp 11-12

one - Housing policy: coming in from the cold?

pp 13-28

two - The NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation?

pp 29-44

three - Developments in social security

pp 45-60

four - The rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term

pp 61-80

five - The personal social services

pp 81-98

Part Two - Social policy in the wider context

pp 99-100

six - ‘Scottish solutions to Scottish problems’? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution

pp 101-120

seven - The primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales

pp 121-142

eight - Attlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in historical perspective

pp 143-166

nine - Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental ‘welfare without work’ syndrome

pp 167-186

ten - Activation through thick and thin: progressive approaches to labour market activation

pp 187-208

Part Three - Social policy since 1979 – the impact of Thatcherism

pp 209-210

eleven - Social policy since 1979: a view from the right

pp 211-230

twelve - Mrs Thatcher’s legacy: getting it in perspective

pp 231-250

thirteen - Privatisation, privatisation, privatisation: the British welfare state since 1979

pp 251-270

fourteen - Social policy since 1979: a view from the USA

pp 271-290

Index

pp 291-298