Developments in British Social Policy

Dr NICK ELLISON is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Durham. His publications include The Transformation of Welfare States ( Routledge 2003) and he is co-editor of Social Policy Review. CHRISTOPHER PIERSON is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of Beyond the Welfare State (Polity, 1998), Hard Choices: Social Democracy in the Twenty-first Century and (with Francis G. Castles), The Welfare State Reader (Polity, 2000).

Introduction; Nick Ellison and Chris Pierson.- PART ONE: THEMES AND DEBATES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL POLICY.- Globalisation and Social Policy; P.Cerny and M.Evans.- Governance and the Welfare State; B.G.Peters.- Social Exclusion; S.MacGregor.- Responsibilities and Rights: The Changing Balance; J.Lewis.- 'Difference' and Social Policy; G.Lewis.- PART TWO: EVALUATING NEW LABOUR'S SOCIAL POLICY.- Employment Policy; D.Finn.- Social Security Policy; A.Deacon.- Housing Policy; J. Ford.- Urban Policy; R. Atkinson.- Education Policy; K. J. Brehony and R.Deem.- Health Policies; C.Glendinning.- Community Care or Independent Living?; J.Morris.- Criminal Justice Policy; T.Newburn.- Transport Policy; M.Page.- PART THREE: NEW CHALLENGES FOR WELARE: SOCIAL POLICY IN A NEW CENTURY.- Paying for Welfare; S.Regan.- The European Union and British Social Policy; R.Geyer.- Information and Communication Technologies and Social Policy; R.Burrows.- Environmentalism and Social Policy; T.Fitzpatrick.- Genetics and Social Policy; T.Shakespeare.- Conclusion; Nick Ellison and Chris Pierson