Table of Contents
Part One: Developments in UK social policy Housing policy: coming in from the cold? ~ Brian Lund The NHS in England: from modernisation to marketisation? ~ Judith Allsop and Rob Baggott Developments in social security ~ Fran Bennett The rise of the meritocracy? New Labour and education in the second term ~ Sally Tomlinson The personal social services ~ Bill Jordan Part Two: Social policy in the wider context 'Scottish solutions to Scottish problems'? Social welfare in Scotland since devolution ~ John Stewart The primacy of ideology: social policy and the first term of the National Assembly for Wales ~ Paul Chaney and Mark Drakeford Attlee versus Blair: Labour governments and progressive social policy in historical perspective ~ Robert M. Page Christian democracy, social democracy and the continental 'welfare without work' syndrome ~ Kees van Kersbergen and Anton Hemerijck Activation through thick and thin: progressive approaches to labour market activation ~ Jonah D. Levy Part Three: Social policy since 1979 - the impact of Thatcherism Social policy since 1979: a view from the right ~ David Marsland Mrs Thatcher's legacy: getting it in perspective ~ Howard Glennerster Privatisation, privatisation, privatisation: the British welfare state since 1979 ~ Hilary Land Social policy since 1979: a view from the USA ~ Joseph White
