Social Issues and Party Politics

Helen Jones is Lecturer in Social Policy at Goldsmiths College, London, Susanne MacGregor is Professor of Social Policy at Middlesex University

• Chapter 1 The road to 1997, Helen Jones; Chapter 2 Managing the welfare state, Tony Butcher; Chapter 3 Taxing and spending the people's money, Susanne MacGregor; Chapter 4 Jobs, unemployment and the European Union, Valerie Symes; Chapter 5 ‘Education, education, education’, Miriam E. David; Chapter 6 The people's health, Helen Jones; Chapter 7 New Partnerships for social services, Susan Balloch; Chapter 8 Home truths, Mark Liddiard; Chapter 9 Poverty and social security in a changing Britain, Carey Oppenheim; Chapter 10 Paying for pensions, Barbara Waine; Chapter 11 Criminal justice, Frances Heidensohn; Chapter 12 The greenest election ever?, Sue Barber; Chapter 13 The view from Scotland, Richard Parry; Chapter 14 The view from Northern Ireland, Eithne McLaughlin; Chapter 15 The view from Wales, Michael Sullivan; Chapter 16 A new deal for Britain?, Susanne MacGregor; Index;