Table of Contents

THEORETICAL APPROACHES
Neo-Liberalism and Social Policy
Towards a `New′ Social Democracy
Marxism and Welfarism
Feminist Critiques of Social Policy
Racism and Social Policy
CONCEPTUAL DEBATES IN SOCIAL POLICY
Distributive Justice and Social Policy
Citizenship, Social Solidarity and Social Policy
Cultural Turns, Post-Structuralism and Social Policy
Living in a Material World
Postmodernism and Social Policy
SOME CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL POLICY ISSUES
Children, Social Policy and the State
The Dichotomy of Care and Control
`Demographic Time Bomb′, or `Apocalyptic Demography′
The Great Pensions Debate
Social Policy and the Politics of Food
Wage Supplementation, Social Policy and the State
From then Old Poor Law to New Labour
New Labour and the Management of Welfare
Globalization and Social Policy