Table of Contents

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

Promotional Information

Dr Nick Ellison's publications include "The Transformation of Welfare States" and he is co-editor of "Social Policy Review". Christopher Pierson is the author of "Beyond the Welfare State, "Hard Choices: Social Democracy in the Twenty-first Century" and (with Francis G. Castles), "The Welfare State Reader".

About the Author

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).