Table of Contents
1. Introduction, John Edwards Part 1: Theory Discourse 2. Dimensions of Inequality in French and British Political Discourses Since the Early 80s, Gilles Leydier 3. The Promise of Proceduralism – Is Democracy a Defence Against Poverty?, Michael Saward 4. Depoliticizing Inequality: Exclusions and Discrimination in French, British and European Discourses, Jean-Paul Rèvauger 5. Dimensions of Inequality in Britain and France, Dave Edye 6. Concepts of Welfare and Solidarity in Britain and France, Paul Spicker 7. Inequality, Property and Community, Francois Poirier Part 2: Ethnic Minorities 8. The Theory and Practice of ‘Positive Discrimination’, Elaine Dubourdieu 9. Ethnic Equality in Britain: Progress and its Limits, Tariq Modood 10. Inequality and Difference in a Multi-Culturalism Society, John Edwards Part 3: Social Work, Poverty and Race 11. Do the Poor Need Social Work?, Monica Dawling 12. Race and Racism: Can Minority Ethnic Groups Benefit from Social Work?, Ravinder Barn Part 4: Welfare and Conceptions of Poverty 13. Beveridge’s Egalitarian Legacy and Revisionist Critique, Antoine Capet 14. Perspectives on the Idea of an ‘Underclass’, John Macnicol 15. The National Minimum Wage: Pride or Prejudice?, Timothy Whitton 16. Conclusion, Jean-Paul Rèvauge.