Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

Introduction I

1 The problem 18

2 Income, credit and redistribution 44

3 Services and well-being 75

4 Global social policy 119

5 Sustainability – communities and the environment 154

6 Conclusions – transforming social policy 188

Notes and References 210

Bibliography 224

Index 244

About the Author

Bill Jordan is Professor of social Policy, School of Applied Psychosocial Studies at the University of Plymouth.

Reviews

"Passionately written, engaging and topical." LSE Politics Blog A proactive, activist and passionate proposalfighting for restoring faith in a politics of socialjustice International Sociology Reviews "This trenchant critique shows how orthodox social policy,grounded in the neo-liberal economic model, is ill-designed torespond to the financial crisis. It should oblige all those dealingwith British social policy to question the direction beingtaken." Guy Standing, University of Bath "Breaks important new theoretical ground for a social andcommunity-nurturing vision in the new economic era." Gar Alperovitz, University of Maryland and author of AmericaBeyond Capitalism